When Tonya Ridesatthedoor arrived in Missoula about four months ago to start fresh after serving time in prison, she was homeless and needed “anything and everything.”

Ridesatthedoor told Montana Free Press she was “institutionalized” and unsure where to turn for help.

“It was so easy for me in my head to be overwhelmed,” she said.

Shortly after moving from the Johnson Street homeless shelter in Missoula to a pallet home as part of a transitional housing program, Ridesatthedoor learned about the Watershed Navigation Center.

“I kept coming back,” she said. “I felt so welcome, supported and safe. … I know even if I show up in tears, they will help.”

The Watershed Navigation Center was built next to the Missoula County jail as part of the Trinity Apartments affordable housing project ,

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