About Us

The John Howard Society is a community-based organization comprising of, and govererned by individuals whose goal is to understand and respond to crime and its consequences.

JHSNOK – Vernon FACILITIES

JHSNOK operates two facilities in the Vernon area: Gateway Men’s and Women’s Emergency Shelter (high barrier) and Howard House (low barrier) with emergency shelter beds, transition beds and A & D supportive recovery program beds.

Gateway Shelter

The shelter provides men & women emergency shelter in the downtown core area of Vernon to the absolute homeless who may be suffering from economic downturn, illiteracy, addictions or mental health challenges. We supply accomodations for 13 men and 15 women.

Our commitment is to:

• Safe, Clean Accommodation
• Individual Support and Assistance
• Respectful and Helpful Service
• Printable brochure available – Gateway Shelter Brochure

Howard House – Men’s Shelter

The Howard House Men’s Shelter provides 24 emergency shelters beds, 18 transitional beds and 9 beds for our supportive recovery program.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors welcomes you to our new web site. We hope that you will find it useful and informative. If you have any suggestions or questions we would be more than happy to hear from you. E-mail: board@nullturningpoints.ngo.

Our Staff