Housing Services:
Room with a Private Bath
Weekly Linens
Resident Computers
Resident Lounge
Game Room
Laundry Facilities
Library
Exercise Area Coming December
2009
Secure Bicycle Area Coming
December 2009
Storage Lockers Coming December
2009
Room with a Private Bath
Weekly Linens
Resident Computers
Resident Lounge
Game Room
Laundry Facilities
Library
Exercise Area Coming December
2009
Secure Bicycle Area Coming
December 2009
Storage Lockers Coming December
2009
Building Community
Cogswell Hall integrates basic housing with supportive services that builds community and maximizes an individual's potential. Residents enjoy a private room while having the option of sharing in family style meals and community life. The support staff of Cogswell Hall strives to fulfill residents basic needs to give them strength to carry out personal successes.
Cogswell Hall integrates basic housing with supportive services that builds community and maximizes an individual's potential. Residents enjoy a private room while having the option of sharing in family style meals and community life. The support staff of Cogswell Hall strives to fulfill residents basic needs to give them strength to carry out personal successes.
for low-income adults who would otherwise be homeless.
Setting Goals... Dreaming Dreams
Professional, friendly, caring Supportive Services staff encourage residents to dream their dreams. With staff support they turn their dreams into realistic goals and strategies to achieve them.
Staff persons can offer:
Group services enhance
individual work. Educational
and support programs are
offered to increase
knowledge and skills.
Cogswell Hall offers adults the
chance to build an empowered
community. Together they can
improve their physical, mental
and emotional health and
wellness.
Resident Circle:
The residents of Cogswell Hall have their own resident circle to bring forth ideas, address concerns of group living, and to effect agency policy. The resident circle is open to all residents and meets at least monthly.
Staff persons can offer:
Group services enhance
individual work. Educational
and support programs are
offered to increase
knowledge and skills.
Cogswell Hall offers adults the
chance to build an empowered
community. Together they can
improve their physical, mental
and emotional health and
wellness.
Resident Circle:
The residents of Cogswell Hall have their own resident circle to bring forth ideas, address concerns of group living, and to effect agency policy. The resident circle is open to all residents and meets at least monthly.
When the resident circle first began, it was largely staff-led.
Over time residents realized the resident circle was a forum where they could deal with problems and effect a solution. With that realization came an amazing sense of community and growth. Residents now work together to reach a consensus and share the responsibilities of community living.
Within the group, strong bonds are built and a caring support group is created. As one supportive services staff member said, "They are sisters, in the truest sense of the word... Some of them come from such chaos and dysfunction but they are able, able in a way I am not, to understand one another."
In the past, when one resident made decisions that negatively affected the community, fellow residents did not have an effective way to intervene. Through participation in the resident circle, residents have learned peer led problem solving. They do not reproach each with anger or accusations. Instead residents will organize an intervention, and express affection and genuine concern.
It is that sincerity and spirit that makes Cogswell Hall a home.
Over time residents realized the resident circle was a forum where they could deal with problems and effect a solution. With that realization came an amazing sense of community and growth. Residents now work together to reach a consensus and share the responsibilities of community living.
Within the group, strong bonds are built and a caring support group is created. As one supportive services staff member said, "They are sisters, in the truest sense of the word... Some of them come from such chaos and dysfunction but they are able, able in a way I am not, to understand one another."
In the past, when one resident made decisions that negatively affected the community, fellow residents did not have an effective way to intervene. Through participation in the resident circle, residents have learned peer led problem solving. They do not reproach each with anger or accusations. Instead residents will organize an intervention, and express affection and genuine concern.
It is that sincerity and spirit that makes Cogswell Hall a home.
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• emotional support
• crisis intervention
• service coordination
• case management
• advocacy
• individualized plans to help
residents achieve their goals
• crisis intervention
• service coordination
• case management
• advocacy
• individualized plans to help
residents achieve their goals