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<p><strong>ABOUT KALAMAZOO GOSPEL MISSION - LONG TERM PROGRAM</strong></p> <p>Kalamazoo Gospel Mission started life in 1927 as a Depression-era soup kitchen, and today offers <strong>homeless shelters and food.</strong> In addition, it is one of Michigan's only <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/MI17.pdf" target="_blank">68 (14.9 percent)</a> <strong>long-term residential treatment and rehabilitation programs</strong> for men and women who have been abused and/or are struggling with homelessness. Minors may stay with their parents in treatment, making it one of the only <a href="https://wwwdasis.samhsa.gov/webt/state_data/MI17.pdf" target="_blank">30 (6.6 percent)</a> facilities in the state with this offering. The organization is headquartered on a city street in central Kalamazoo, and all of its services are <strong>heavily faith-based.</strong></p> <p><strong>TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT</strong></p> <p>In order to qualify for the Long-Term Program, which <strong>lasts one to two years,</strong> clients must first graduate from Kalamazoo Gospel Mission's three-month Life Focus Program. During this first phase of treatment, residents are restricted to the grounds.</p> <p>Once they graduate to the longer program, residents progress through four modules, each of which lasts roughly three months. During the program, clients take a variety of classes, including a <strong>Job Skills Training program,</strong> which can help provide work experience and state-recognized certifications in the fields of food services, maintenance, retail, administration, and automotive services; for instance, <strong>some residents work at the organization's thrift store.</strong> Once they've graduated from the training program, residents are hired and begin to earn wages.</p> <p>In addition to these treatment services, Kalamazoo Gospel Mission offers gender-separate shelters for men and women.</p> <p><strong>STAFF CREDENTIALS</strong></p> <p>Each resident is assigned a <strong>professional counselor.</strong> Kalamazoo Gospel Mission also employs a case manager, and is run by a pastor. The single individual polled by Rehabs.com to date gave the facility four stars for both the level of support received from its staff and the staff's qualification levels.</p> <p><strong>ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES</strong></p> <p>Clients sleep in the center's homeless shelters while receiving treatment. In addition to a place to sleep, the gender-separate shelters provide <strong>three meals a day, laundry services, clothing vouchers, and hygiene products.</strong> The women's center offers varying levels of permanence, and includes some <strong>emergency housing for families,</strong> which comes with staff support, childcare, and job and housing assistance. The men's facility offers an 88-bed dorm, plus the same services. The single individual polled by Rehabs.com to date gave the Kalamazoo Gospel Mission three stars for its accommodations, its meals, its exercise offerings, and its cleanliness.</p> <p><strong>WHAT ALUMNI SAY</strong></p> <p>Rehabs.com has not yet received any reviews directly from alumni of the Kalamazoo Gospel Mission, and <strong>secondary sites yielded mixed feedback at the time of this writing,</strong> including a 2.9-star average rating based on 24 reviews left on Google.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a></small> More than one of the negative reviewers <strong>objected to specific staff members or specific policies at the facility,</strong> such as the rule against accepting registered sex offenders. However, others <strong>thanked for the facility for its help:</strong> "Iam from fla and when i was in Kalamazoo i was homeless ,the misson help me out a lot and i thank god for them .i hope one day i can go back and repay them for all the good they do thank," N.B. wrote in a representative review.</p> <p><strong>WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY</strong></p> <p>The single loved one polled by Rehabs.com to date would recommend treatment at the Kalamazoo Gospel Mission. "No Cost, and management team that really cares," L.C. wrote, giving the facility four stars for its counseling and its family programming and three stars for its holistic offerings and the quality of both its mental health and its addiction treatment.</p> <p><strong>WHAT STAFF SAY</strong></p> <p>Though Rehabs.com had yet to receive employee feedback at the time of this writing, 24 reviewers had given the Kalamazoo Gospel Mission an average rating of <strong>4.4 stars</strong> on employment review site Indeed.com.<small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a></small> The reviewers <strong>repeatedly praised their coworkers as well as the center's commitment to its mission:</strong> "Great place to work! Great management and coworkers. The staff really are for the clients. At any given time, staff will stop to pray for and with clients," one current employee wrote in a representative review.</p> <p><strong>FINANCING</strong></p> <p>According to the sole individual polled by Rehabs.com as of this writing, treatment is offered <strong>free of charge.</strong> The Kalamazoo Gospel Mission's website confirms that 97 percent of the organization's funding comes from private donations; the rest comes from churches, community organizations, and businesses, plus a very small amount of government funding.</p> <p><small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-1"><sup>[1]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Kalamazoo+Gospel+Mission+kalamazoo+mi&oq=Kalamazoo+Gospel+Mission+kalamazoo+mi&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60l3j0l2.3784j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#lrd=0x88179d47384c33bb:0x568bf7f48a8f6228,1," target="_blank">GoogleReviews</a></small><br /> <small class="footnote"><a target="_blank" href="#footnote-2"><sup>[2]</sup></a> <a href="https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Kalamazoo-Gospel-Mission/reviews" target="_blank">https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Kalamazoo-Gospel-Mission/reviews</a></small></p>
— Samantha Harper · 2018-12-17 10:37:18 PST
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