A Helping Hand - Not a Handout
Porchlight provides emergency shelter, food, employment services, counseling, and affordable transitional and permanent housing to homeless people in the Dane County area. Porchlight's services are designed to foster independence and the transition into permanent housing and employment.
Porchlight is the largest supplier of low-cost housing in Dane County and is comprised of an emergency shelter for men, housing and services for men and women suffering from serious mental illnesses, 172 single room or efficiency units and 55 family units. Every year Porchlight provides over 350 women, men and children with over 100,000 nights of shelters.
Madison Cares
Madison Cares is a Porchlight effort to raise funds to build a new facility to serve Madison area residents who are severely mentally ill and homeless. Learn more about Madison Cares.
Porchlight decreases homeless population by providing shelter, housing, supportive services, and a sense of community in ways that empower residents and program participants to positively shape their lives.
A helping hand, not a hand out. A second chance. A warm bed. Hope. Opportunity.
This is what Porchlight is all about.