Welcome
Welcome to the official website of Three Oaks Center, Supportive Housing for Homeless Individuals and Families. View below to learn more about our mission and history. Please take a moment to view our Program Description and Functional Elements. Our current and previous Newsletters are also available to view online and/or to download. You can learn more about our wonderful staff on our Staff page. If you would like to visit, call, or send an Email please go to our Contact Us page. For other information and organizations pertaining to homelessness please see our Links page. Visit our Contribute page for more information on volunteering or making a contribution.
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- Come to the Cabaret
- Three Oaks Center's Annual Cabaret featuring Gretchen Richie will take place on Sat. April 25th. See our Events Page for more information.
- Help Support Three Oaks Center:
- Make an online donation
Board of Directors
- Officers:
- Ellyn G. Capper, President ~ Thomas Russell, Vice President ~ Margaret Jarboe, Secretary ~ Frank E. Taylor, Treasurer ~ Daniel S. Capper, Past President & Community Liason
- Members:
- Lewie Aldridge, Jr. ~ Richard Bjurberg ~ Ian Broderson ~ Tim Cameron ~ Sue Gelrud ~ Michael Guy ~ Philip Horne ~ La-Ronda D. Johnson ~ Alfred Lacer ~ Anne Marum ~ Roderick W. McClanahan ~ Donnita Moore ~ Dennis Nicholson ~ Walter Nilsson
- Honorary Members:
- Rona Harding ~ Thomas Joyner ~ William Marek ~ Christopher Wilson
- Administration:
- H. S. Lanny Lancaster
Mission Statement
Three Oaks Center provides emergency, transitional and permanent supportive housing that helps individuals and families meet their basic needs for shelter, stabilization, assessment, and referral to appropriate resources so that they may return to living productive, self-sufficient lives in our community.
Brief History
Three Oaks Center is dedicated to helping homeless individuals and families transition from a state of dependence to self-reliance. We provide our clients with food, shelter, guidance, and counseling while they strive to meet personal goals that will enable them to return to a life of independence. We work one-on-one with each individual to ensure he or she is getting the support required to help him or her reach specific achievements. We are supported by many local non-profit agencies that provide our clients with a full range of counseling and self-improvement resources.
Prior to its establishment in January 1996, there was no shelter or dedicated transitional support program for homeless men in St. Mary's County. During our first three years, we provided support to men only. Today, we have the capacity to serve individuals and families in our emergency and transitional programs, both in our on-site facility and at off-site apartments and homes.
Recently, we began an emergency crisis component to our work with homeless women that provides immediate assistance with basic needs and counseling. Thus far, this program has served 4-6 women per day. Of course, the length of stay for individual clients impacts the total number of residents we are able to serve during any given year. Even so, our priority is not the total number of clients, but a complete and successful transition for each individual who enters the program.