Project ECHO

Project ECHO

Project ECHO, Inc. is a nonprofit agency that provides emergency assistance to homeless people in our community 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. With a capacity of 40 beds, ECHO House offers a safe, sober place to stay overnight to homeless men, women, and children on a short-term basis. The maximum time of residence is 90 days, the average is 15 days. Residents of Calvert County must be given preference.

Clients are required to actively pursue goals for housing, employment, treatment, education, etc. as needed.  Counseling, referral to other social service agencies, medical prescriptions, rental, and mortgage assistance, and recommendations for permanent housing are also provided to the residents.

Through the Transition Housing Program families are provided a house to live in while they work to restore their financial stability.  During their stay, residents are required to save a fixed percentage of their earnings to be used toward a security deposit or down payment for permanent housing.

Since opening its doors in 1992, Project ECHO has helped more than 1,000 homeless clients.