{"id":29312,"date":"2023-01-25T12:53:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T17:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=29312"},"modified":"2023-01-25T12:53:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T17:53:21","slug":"lakelands-oldest-homeless-shelter-adds-new-affordable-housing-apartments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/01\/25\/lakelands-oldest-homeless-shelter-adds-new-affordable-housing-apartments\/","title":{"rendered":"Lakeland&#8217;s oldest homeless shelter adds new affordable housing apartments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lakeland&#8217;s&nbsp;oldest homeless shelter is on a mission to help the less fortunate and is making improvements and changing lives for the better.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Talbot House Ministries has been around in Polk County for more than 40 years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We provide emergency shelter, and we have a health clinic,&#8221; said Maria Cruz, the executive director for Talbot House Ministries. &#8220;We have food pantry services, affordable housing, and rapid rehousing programs.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shelter was founded by St. Joseph&#8217;s Church in Lakeland but has since turned into a non-denominational non-profit. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The people that we serve don&#8217;t have a lot of other options,&#8221; said Erin Martinez, the director of development for Talbot House Ministries. &#8220;We&#8217;re able to help empower people to get their lives back.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Services will also include the new affordable housing that will be finished next month. Martinez said they&#8217;re opening a new apartment development in partnership with Providence Housing Solutions that will have 36 units.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"917\" height=\"385\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 917px) 100vw, 917px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-17.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-17.png 917w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-17-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-17-768x322.png 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the residents, Talbot House Ministries has been a saving grace.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Not out on the streets doing drugs and doing alcohol, this is the place to be right here,&#8221; said Donnie Liscome, a Talbot House resident. &#8220;This is awesome place.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">James Bivins is also one of many Polk County residents who come to the Talbot House Ministries to get life skills they need to be self-sufficient. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;At least for about 25 years. I&#8217;ve been dealing with the Talbot House either working here or eating in the program,&#8221; he said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comprehensive ministry provides hope and healing for those who need it the most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/talbothouse.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.talbothouse.org<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lakeland&#8217;s&nbsp;oldest homeless shelter is on a mission to help the less fortunate and is making improvements and changing lives for the better.&nbsp; Talbot House Ministries has been around in Polk&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[4349],"class_list":["post-29312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-lakelands-oldest-homeless-shelter-adds-new-affordable-housing-apartments"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29312\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}