Talbot House Ministries is executing additional preventative measures to protect its homeless, immunocompromised population while expanding basic services amid the COVID-19 (a.k.a. coronavirus) pandemic. Preventative measures include ramping up daily janitorial routines, distributing hand sanitizer and masks to those in need, screening clients for symptoms regularly, and strategically selecting staff to work remotely over the [...]

Felisia spent last Christmas getting high. She was on probation, facing eviction, and had no hope for her family's future. Her sons, 12 and 13 years old, were following in their mother's footsteps, getting caught up in drugs and gang activity. She soon found herself moving from hotel room to hotel room every night, barely [...]

Samuel is one of four Talbot House residents who have gained employment in the past week! He’s working full-time as a server at the Grand Villa Senior Living Community of Lakeland, but is already taking initiative to help out staff in other areas as well. Samuel was born and raised in Chicago. He used to [...]

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (FHLBank Atlanta) board of directors has awarded $365,000 as part of its 2019 Affordable Housing Program to Talbot House Ministries to complete the renovation of the Vermont Place Apartments located at 912 and 920 N Vermont Avenue. With this award, Talbot House Ministries has now exceeded its fundraising [...]

Talbot House Ministries celebrated the lives of three longtime friends on Saturday, November 2 at 2 p.m. The ceremony, which included full military honors and a 21-gun salute from the American Legion Post 8 Honor Guard of Winter Haven, took place in the Memorial Gardens on campus. The ceremony memorialized Beverly Daniel, Michael Klingaman, [...]