Dorothy Day House of Memphis, TN

Dorothy Day House

The Dorothy Day House keeps homeless families together, creating a safe haven and a community for entire families.

In typical shelters, homeless families are often separated.  Men are sent to one shelter while women, girls and little boys are sent to another shelter. Parents often must place their teenage  boys in foster care, or find someone willing to provide a home and care for them.  This means that parents cannot stay with their older sons; fathers must leave their daughters and small sons; husbands are separated from wives. Often, rather than experience the trauma of separation, families choose to live in a vehicle or stay in uninhabitable places.

URL:  http://www.dorothydaymemphis.org/who-we-are-1/

Address:  1429 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104

Phone:  (901) 726-6760