Outsidersinn Inn

Outpost Shelter funded by the City of Vancouver & SWATCH:Outpost Safe Stay Community is a year-round 24-hour staffed, 20-unit, with up to 40 beds total non-congregate shelter program that serves adult men, women, and couples, and pets. The units are small individual shelters that sleeps up to 2, in a fenced and secured space that has a community kitchen tent, portable toilets and regular trash pick-ups. It is staffed 24 hours with trained Peers and Recovery Coaches to help residents create goals focused on wellness and housing.

Outsiders Inn started managing a 30 bed mens overnight shelter in April 2020 in Vancouver, WA and kept it open year round. Prior to this, the shelter was only open during the winter months. More than a dozen of our guests transitioned to permanent housing. Outsiders Inn employs peer staff with formerly homeless experience, providing them a job and assisting current shelter guests to transition to a better life.

Community Outreach, Other Shelter Operations, and Mailbox Services funded by local government and non-government grants:OI also runs a satellite overflow shelter for safe sleeping options in the winter, a resident mail services program that provides 6 days a week mail pickup run by people with lived experiences, and the Project HOPE Street Outreach program to find and assist individuals who are unsheltered on the streets, in encampments, or in their vehicles.