Housing Services:
Room with a Private Bath
Weekly Linens
Resident Computers
Resident Lounge
Game Room
Laundry Facilities
Library
Exercise Area Coming
Secure Bicycle Area
Storage Lockers
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.
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:
• emotional support
• crisis intervention
• service coordination
• case management
• advocacy
• individualized plans to help
residents achieve their goals
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 family, 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."
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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.
