The Bristol Homeless Shelter was founded in 1984 as the Bristol Emergency Shelter and Housing Coalition. It is a 25 bed emergency shelter for men, women and children which provides food, shelter, case-management and referral services. The goal of the Bristol Homeless Shelter is to provide temporary emergency shelter to persons experiencing homelessness and to provide them with a safe, stable base form which to get and keep a job, enable children to return to school and to provide relief from the emotional and moral violence that often accompanies homelessness.
The Women with Children Transitional Living Center is a safe environment where women and their children may live for up to two years as she prepares to build a healthy home for herself and her family.
The Elms Transitional Living Living Center, a thirteen bedroom facility for single, homeless men, with a goal to enable the clients to develop the resources and skills necessary to live independently on a permanent basis.
