THE WELCOME HOMES

In the fall of 2019, The Welcome Network with a variety of local church leaders banded together to purchase a residential home that was converted into 3 apartment units for refugee families to live in while our staff works on their legal process to stay here.  

 

In January of 2025, The Welcome Network was able to purchase a second home to be able to expand our capacity now to being able to now house 6 newcomer families at a time.  

 

The regular length of time that a family stays in our Welcome Homes is from 12-18 months.  Our volunteer network acts as a support system to our families to help them acculturate to living in S Chicagoland / NW Indiana, finding jobs, learning English, & adjusting to new life in a new home after painfully leaving their original home.