The IHN Mission

The mission of the Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) is to engage the community and its resources in providing basic, preventative, and support services to families with children who are in homeless situations or at risk of becoming so.

IHN realizes its mission by providing transitional shelter and supportive services to homeless families and those at immediate risk to experience homelessness. IHN's primary goal is to assist families with children to permanently transition into independent affordable housing; secondary goals include meeting community transitional housing needs in the most cost-effective manner possible and providing congregations with an opportunity to put their faith into action.
The Interfaith Hospitality Network derives its name from its numerous partnerships with area congregations that provide shelter and direct support to homeless families; the network includes congregations of diverse faiths and denominations. However, IHN is a secular nonprofit organization whose services are available to all families with children regardless of personal religious beliefs; Network congregations are strictly prohibited from proselytizing to guest families.

What Are We All About?

In the United States, families with children are the fastest growing segment of the homeless population.
Over 40% of the sheltered homeless people in Colorado Springs are families.
In a supportive environment, IHN provides shelter, sustenance and intense case management and referrals to local agencies as the families work to achieve four goals:

Each week guests document their efforts to attain their goals.

2011 Statistics

2010 Statistics