Building experience, responsibility, and a pathway forward.
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Our Residential Staff program provides eligible residents with paid employment experience while they continue working toward greater stability and self-sufficiency.
Participants build a work history, develop transferable skills, strengthen workplace habits, and have the opportunity to earn a professional reference for future employment.
Residential Staff members take on meaningful responsibilities that help keep our shelter operating each day. Depending on their role, duties may include assisting with the kitchen, transportation, laundry, front desk coverage, shelter monitoring, and other daily operations.
The program is designed to be a stepping stone, not a destination.
Participants gain practical experience, increased responsibility, and confidence they can carry into future employment and independent living.
By contributing to the daily life of the shelter while working toward their own goals, Residential Staff demonstrate an important part of Fifth Street’s approach: people are active participants in building their own path toward stability.
Residential Staff
Good food. Shared resources. A community working together.
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The Fifth Street Ministries Community Kitchen helps ensure access to nutritious food while supporting the daily needs of people staying on our campus and others in the community. Breakfast is provided for residents, dinner remains open to the community, and our community-powered Bagged Lunch Program provides an additional option during the day.
Our kitchen is strengthened by tremendous community investment. Local grocery and food partners help us rescue food that might otherwise go to waste, while volunteers assist with food pickup, meal preparation, kitchen support, and other needs. In FY 2025–26 alone, Fifth Street Ministries rescued more than 151,900 pounds of food from landfills.
That investment translates directly into meals. In FY 2025–26, our Shelter and Community Kitchen provided 70,080 meals, representing more than $250,000 in food support using Feeding America standards.
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There are many ways to be part of this work, from providing needed food and supplies to volunteering, rescuing food from local partners, or preparing blocks of 50 lunches through our Bagged Lunch Program.
It takes more than a kitchen to make this possible. It takes a community.
Community Kitchen
Emergency Night Shelter
A safe place to start. A pathway forward.
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Fifth Street Ministries’ Emergency Shelter provides a safe, low-barrier place for individuals and families experiencing homelessness to stabilize, address immediate needs, and begin identifying their next steps.
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Shelter is more than a place to sleep. Residents have access to case management and connections to housing, employment, benefits, healthcare, mental health and substance use services, and other community resources. Our team partners with each person to identify goals, address barriers, and develop an individualized path toward greater stability and self-sufficiency.
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Residents are also expected to be active participants in our shared shelter community. Daily responsibilities, including maintaining personal spaces and helping care for common areas, create an environment of accountability, respect, and shared responsibility.
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In FY 2025–26, 429 people stayed in our Emergency Shelter, accounting for 26,875 nights of safe shelter. Through Shelter Case Management & Housing, 223 adults and 23 children received additional support. During the year, 49 people moved into housing and 49 obtained employment, important steps toward long-term stability.
Housing is the goal. Stability makes it sustainable.
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Fifth Street Ministries provides housing programs designed to help individuals and families move from homelessness and housing instability toward safe, sustainable housing. Depending on individual circumstances and eligibility, support may include Rapid Rehousing, Permanent Supportive Housing, and other housing-focused services, paired with case management to address the barriers that can make obtaining and maintaining housing difficult.
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Our work does not end when someone receives the keys. Case Managers partner with participants on goals such as employment, budgeting and financial stability, benefits, transportation, healthcare, and connections to community resources. Progress looks different for every household, but each step builds greater stability and reduces the likelihood of returning to homelessness.
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In FY 2025–26, Fifth Street Ministries managed 54 Rapid Rehousing households and 12 Permanent Supportive Housing participants, while an additional 18 households received Supportive Services for Veteran Families/SSO housing support. During the year, six households moved into housing and three obtained employment through these housing programs.
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Our Shelter Case Management & Housing team provided another important pathway forward, serving 223 adults and 23 children. Forty-nine people moved into housing and 49 obtained employment, with 13 households receiving Rapid Rehousing support and 12 individuals participating in Permanent Supportive Housing.
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The goal is not simply to move someone into housing. It is to help build the stability needed to stay there.
Housing Programs
Shelter Services
Fifth Street Ministries
1421 Fifth Street
Statesville, NC 28677
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Mailing Address: P.O. Box 5217, Statesville, NC 28687
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(704) 872-4045
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24-Hour Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Crisis Line
Call (704) 872-3403