The Transitional Living Community (TLC) at 350 Lafayette Street in New York City is one of four TLCs in the city designed as a temporary residence to help emotionally troubled homeless women make the transition from homelessness to permanent living. Since the TLC at 350 Lafayette Street has served as a model for other TLCs, this review of its first year and a half is intended to serve a broader purpose than simply reporting about a single program. The report discusses staff recruitment problems and procedures, staffing patterns, and some of the program's innovative means of delivering services in the effort to overcome barriers to housing placement. The primary goal of the program is to reintegrate difficult-to-place women in the shelter system into permanent housing within a six-month period.
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