Housing Programs

Recognizing the increasingly important role of housing to the health and quality of life of our vulnerable neighbors and to a broader framework of community health, Project Horseshoe Farm provides support in a range of housing programs for vulnerable adults. Whether at our two Enhanced Independent Living housing programs for women in Greensboro or in nursing homes in Perry County or Pomona, Horseshoe Farm Fellows and Interns provide needed extra support and care to seniors, adults with mental illness, and other isolated or vulnerable adults. 

Fellows act as “health partners” to specific residents, help provide programming and support at the programs, and begin to understand the important relationship between housing and healthcare for many vulnerable people in our communities. By building these relationships, Fellows support often stretched staff and help residents set and achieve goals, decrease isolation and loneliness, decrease the utilization of unnecessary health care and hospital services, and improve health and quality of life.

1. Marquisha Johns, Nicole Rapfogel, “Nonprofit Hospitals Can Improve Community Health through Housing Investements,” CAP Action, February 21, 2023

2. Jon Kamp, Melanie Evans, Gretchen Lenth, “The Upheaval at America’s Disappearing Nursing Homes, in Charts,” The Wall Street Journal, August 23, 2023