The Mission of the Eliza Shirley House is to treat all people we serve with a spirit of fairness, kindness and tolerance in a respectful, non-judgmental manner, in an attempt to help them to solve their problems and to meet their needs.

Description:
Eliza Shirley House is an emergency shelter facility with two missions: to provide short term lodging, meals and immediate needs to displaced families, city wide on weekday nights and over holidays and weekends; and to provide longer term residential counseling, social work and referral services to homeless single and pregnant women 18 or older, 365 days a year. Women are admitted after being referred from O.S.H.A. while others who arrive in the evening without referral are lodged (space permitting) only until O.S.H.A. offices reopen.

History:
In 1879, a dedicated 16 year old named Eliza Shirley brought the work of The Salvation Army from London, England to the United States. Armed with little more than a burning desire to help the needy and spread God's work, she set up a mission at 4th & Oxford Sts., right here in Philadelphia. She reached out to the sick, the poor and those lacking spiritual guidance, taught them to believe in themselves, and gave them hope for the future. Over 100 years later, the Eliza Shirley House continues the spirit of our namesake by opening the doors of hope and new beginnings to the abused and addicted, displaced women and children of Philadelphia.

Contact person: Marilyn R. Canty, Director, (phone), (email)
Office fax number: (215) 568-9636

Address:

1320 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19107 (See a map)

Web Site: None specified

Miscellaneous Information

Are court referrals welcomed?
	No