Causes: Homeless & Housing, Homeless Shelters

Mission: TO PROVIDE SHELTER AND SUPPORT TO FAMILIES AND OUTPATIENTS IN NEED OF TEMPORARY HOUSING DURING MEDICAL TREATMENT AT WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE MEDICAL CENTER

Programs: The fisher / nightingale houses, inc (fnhi) is the nonprofit entity of the wright-patterson air force base fisher houses. When a family has to travel away from home for medical treatment, it is traumatic enough, not to mention compounding the situation with finding a place to stay, the potentially high costs for the place to stay and food, as well as the loneliness of a hotel room. Whether for a few days, a month or even a year, this situation can wear on a family, financially, emotionally and physically. For our servicemen and women and their families, that is where the fisher houses step up to the challenge. In the last 24 years, these houses have served thousands of families from all branches and components (active duty, guard, reserve, retired and veterans) of the military; over 1,110 families in 2014.Guests stay in the fisher houses at no expense; the fnhi raises money to reimburse the air force for the day to day operational expenses. The average length of stay of a family in the house is 11 days. Some guests stay only for a day or two while others stay for several months or more while receiving medical treatment at the wright patterson medical center (wpmc). The wright - patterson fisher houses provide an invaluable service to our military members and their families. Most guests come from a seven state area (ohio, kentucky, west virginia, michigan, indiana, illinois and wisconsin). However, there have been guests from all over the world staying at the fisher houses as the wpmc is the largest medical center in the air force and the largest military medical center in the midwest.