Mission Statement: The Interactive Resource Center assists people who are homeless, recently homeless or facing homelessness reconnect with their own lives and with the community at large.
Overview
“Homeless is not who I am; it’s what’s happened to me.”
Think about how your day begins: a shower, coffee, maybe a run or a walk with the dog,
the rush to get off to school or work, grabbing a bowl of cereal or a bagel. You stand at the back door with a place to go, something to do…. and a place to come home to at the end of the day.
Now think about standing at the door of the night shelter or rolling up your sleeping bag under the bridge – Where to go today? Where to eat? What to do with the hours? How can I get out of this bad place in my life?
The Interactive Resource Center (IRC) is here to offer answers to those questions. We understand that homeless is not helpless, and that with a combination of basic services and individualized attention those experiencing homelessness, those facing homelessness and those just coming out of homelessness can renew their connections with the community and ultimately restart their lives.
A Results-Oriented Program
“This is the first time in a long time I’ve felt like maybe something could actually change for me. Thank you IRC.”
In less than three years of operations, the IRC has become a busy and vibrant source of help and hope. The new and much larger building has the capacity to serve as many as 200 people a day and is large enough for an 18-station computer lab, a housing counseling office, flex offices for case managers and representatives from outside agencies, a nurse’s office, a kitchen, classrooms, a 12-step meeting room, men’s and women’s locker rooms, laundry room, barbershop and garden. We see between 120 and 150 people a day including over 200 new people every month.
Interactive Resource Center Board of Directors 2012
John Shore, Chair
Chris Cheek
Seth Coker
Sally Cone
Madeline Dassow
Fanta Dorley
David Farmer
Nancy Farmer
Karen Jeffries
Gary Paul Kane
Sinda Lewis
Skip MacMillan
Lois McManus
Lelia Moore
Bill Moseley
Bob Newton
Jennifer Strasser
Tonya Sutton
Ray Trapp
Goldie Wells
Fred Werstlein
Address 407 E. Washington St, Greensboro, NC 27401
Phone (336) 332-0824
Hours Mondays through Fridays: 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
“The IRC has more doors than walls.”
