Dover Interfaith Mission for Housing

Dover Interfaith Mission for Housing (DIMH) was founded in 2008 as a homeless shelter for men in the Central Delaware community. In 2025, we expanded and now offer services to women and children at our Interfaith Pathways Shelter in Dover.   

We are a volunteer organization made up of over 1000 volunteers serving 12,000 meals per year with no cost. The idea is to get men and women back into the working community and back on their feet. We are a non sectarian organization but a faith community group home. We serve 36 men, year round, financed by grants and donations and have eight paid staff members and a few active volunteer board members. The Dover Interfaith Mission for Housing continues to operate our shelter and transition homes for homeless men, serving 180 men since the first of the year and 1000 or more since program inception. Over 700 of them have obtained permanent employment in our community and 100 men earning just minimum wage put $1.5 million back into our local economy.

As we grow and expand our services to help those in need, we opened our new Women and Children's Shelter in early 2025. This new shelter provides women and children in the Dover community with housing options, essential services, and resources to help build a pathway of hope in their lives. We are currently assisting 6 families with 13 children plus 3 single women.