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Interfaith Hospitality Network

First United Methodist Church is a founding faith community of Albuquerque's Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN). Our church and several other local faith communities each take homeless families into our communities for one week at a time in a continuous sequence of care to provide housing, meals, and transportation while they work to find jobs and housing.  Candidate families are screened by the Albuquerque IHN Director to find the highest potential families for us to help.  Each family we host must have children, be free of drugs and alcohol, and pass a national background check with the police.

During the week that First UMC hosts families, our guest families are treated to a hosted dinner, spend the night in private family rooms, and are provided breakfast before being taken to the day center. The children attend day care or school while their parents look for housing and jobs. The families are brought back to the church at the end of the day.

Volunteers and guests learn from each other.  The courage with which our guests—including their children—address the challenges before them is inspiring and keeps our volunteers coming back for more. 

The Interfaith Hospitality Network is a not-for-profit organization that started on the east coast in 1988; Albuquerque is the 104th city to become involved in this mission. Each family has an individualized plan and must make sufficient progress towards self-sufficiency each week to remain in the program.  The national program has maintained a success rate about 85% for many years and the Albuquerque program is maturing towards that rate as well.

If you have any questions about First UMC’s host week or would like more information about the IHN, please call 505 228 9998 or click here to e-mail.

The phone number for the Albuquerque IHN office is 505 268 0331 and it is located at:
Interfaith Hospitality Network, Albuquerque
2801 Lomas Blvd NE, B-4
Albuquerque, NM 87106-2720