HISTORY OF NICHOLAS HOUSE

Nicholas House began as an emergency shelter in 1982 by providing homeless families with meals and place to sleep in the classrooms of St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in Atlanta, Georgia.  At that time, the program was capable of housing 15 persons - all of whom had to leave by 7:00 am and return in the evening. 

Nicholas House LaVista was the first comprehensive transitional housing program in Georgia.

	In 1989, the program reorganized and with the help of St. Bartholomews, 20 other inter-faith organizations, foundations, the local community, corporations with local and state government, Nicholas House opened and expanded to a transitional housing facility to provide housing and programs to homeless families.
	In 1993, at the request of the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta and the Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta, Nicholas House, Inc. took over the operation of a shelter on Boulevard in the Grant Park area of Atlanta.

In 2005, with the help of the Mayor of Atlanta’s Commission on Homelessness and the City of Atlanta, the Nicholas House Homeless to Homes (H2H) program was launched. This new H2H program rapidly moves homeless families into time-limited, subsidized apartments and provides these families with our services to get them back on their feet and maintain their housing permanently.  

Each year, the two Nicholas House facilities provide housing and services to approximately 75 families representing 85 adults and 250 children. Since 1982, more than 1,200 framilies have called Nicholas House their home.