Our Application Process

Please click here to complete our initial eligibility screening.

After receiving your information, we will contact you within 48 business hours regarding your eligibility status. Based on your eligibility status, you will be notified of any additional steps that need to be taken and/or be provided with community resources to meet your need. Please understand that all steps in the application process are provisional and are not a guarantee of acceptance into our program.

Please note that being honest in your screening will be helpful in successfully entering our program.

Application Process

Participant Criteria

To be approved for and admitted to the CLT Passport Program, you must review and meet our qualifying criteria:

  • You are facing homelessness, poverty, and unemployment due to a life-altering event

  • You are highly motivated and willing to go above and beyond for long-term change

  • Single adults age 18+, married couples with child(ren), or single mom/dad with child(ren)

  • No PENDING criminal charges; No Misdemeanors in the last 3 years. No Felonies in the last 6 years

  • Actively seeking a community, gain full-time employment and permanent housing

  • Free and clean of impairing substances and can always pass a drug test

  • Willing and able to be employed in a permanent full-time job (at least 30 hours per week)

  • Participate in assessments, programs, and counseling

  • Willing and able to attend any classes and activities prescribed on your Person/Family-Centered Plan

  • Positive attitude and willingness to give back to the community

  • Understand there is limited living space for your items and demonstrate flexibility and adaptability to change

Our Culture

At The Harvest Center of Charlotte, our culture is shaped by our Core Values and lived out in every interaction. We are Christ‑centered, grounding our work in faith, compassion, and purpose. We practice grace‑filled accountability, holding one another to high standards while extending understanding, dignity, and support. We love people. Every person who enters our space is valued, respected, and welcomed. We lead with an attitude of gratitude, recognizing that thankfulness fuels humility and service. We bring energetic passion to our mission, showing up with excellence, joy, and commitment. And we pursue sustained growth, believing that transformation, personal, spiritual, and organizational, is a continuous journey.

To protect this culture, THCC maintains a safe, peaceful environment for all. Weapons, drugs, violence, and any behavior that threatens the well‑being of our community will not be tolerated in our space. Our campus is a place of healing, hope, and transformation, and we steward it with care.

Our Culture

Emergency Housing Info

The Harvest Center is not an emergency shelter. Our program is a long-term, residential commitment designed for individuals who are ready to engage in a structured environment focused on personal growth and stability.
If you currently need emergency shelter, contact one of these three agencies.