Camillus House has provided humanitarian services to persons who are poor and homeless in Miami-Dade County, Florida, since 1960. As a ministry of the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God, Camillus House was originally established to serve Cuban exiles. From its humble beginning as a small soup kitchen, Camillus has grown into a full-service organization offering a comprehensive system of care for persons who are poor and homeless in Miami-Dade County.

Every day at Camillus House, we encounter persons whose opportunities for self-determination are limited by the constraints of their medical conditions, mental illnesses and addictions, illiteracy, inadequate education, and unemployability and poverty. We strive to help these persons who come to us as our guests to overcome their limitations and become our peers as productive citizens.