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Provides outreach services, emergency shelter, and transitional living services.

Offers the following services to women and women with children (these are not emergency shelter programs):

SHELTER offers short term shelter to meet the basic needs such as shelter, meals, and daily essentials, including clothing, hygiene items and laundry. Case management and referral services are provided with no fees. Please call ahead Monday- Friday between 8am-4:30pm to check on availability.

LONG-TERM LIFE RECOVERY for women (with or without children) is available to clients who are open and teachable with a willingness to change to do the hard work of life recovery. Women are offered an opportunity to work on their recovery and life skills for up to 24 months. Focus in on preparation to live independently while continuing to work on spiritual growth, recovery, basic life and work skills. Life recovery clients are required to save 75% of any income toward their transition fund.

An optional opportunity for clients in the Branching Out Independent Living Program. Provides affordable, safe, temporary living spaces to young adults ages 18 to 26. Young adults in the program are surrounded by on-site support services to help them advance their careers, achieve their academic goals and develop the necessary skills to be independent.

Provides an emergency shelter for young men and young women. The staff work with the youth and their families to solidify permanent housing, education, and an on-going support network. Services are available to both pregnant and/or parenting teens.

Short term housing in private furnished apartment. Every family works with a Housing Advocate.

Provides a substance abuse free environment for men suffering from drugs or alcohol addiction. Services include a 12-month residential program, while in the program, the resident will follow a disciplined regimen. Residents attend chapel, prayer service, classroom sessions, work projects and study hall each day. Basic services include food, clothing, personal hygiene supplies, medical exam, health services, and legal services.

Provides help to get young adults into safe, secure housing so they can focus on building a brighter future. These programs provide living options that center on participants achieving self-sufficiency. YSS advocates work one-on-one with the participants to create a plan to acquire safe and secure housing, stable employment, and financial stability.

Programs include:
Transitional Living Program (Ames, Boone, Marshalltown) - Single individuals ages 16-21
Rapid Rehousing (Ames, Boone, Des Moines, Marshalltown) - Single individuals ages 18-24
Lighthouse (Boone, Des Moines) - Families with parents ages 16-24
Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (Des Moines) - Single individuals or families ages 18-24 based on income

Provides affordable housing and support services to those in need of help to build a new future. Offers a Transitional Living Program for up to two years to assist homeless young women and their children to achieve stability in their lives by providing them with a stable home and intensive support services. Also offers aftercare services to help families as they transition into permanent housing.

Offers permanent affordable housing and supportive services for homeless families with dependent children in which the head of household or their child has a disability. The program enables families with severe and persistent issues, such as mental illness, chronic health problems, and substance abuse to achieve long-term housing stability.

The goal is to help individuals reach their fullest potential by encouraging and mentoring them.

Some of the services provided include:

-- Counseling

-- Parenting classes

-- Budgeting

-- Support groups

-- Job or vocational training

Designated dual-diagnosis/co-occurring mental health & substance abuse treatment facility. Gateway is able to provide treatment to those with substance use disorder, with or without a mental health diagnosis.

Substance use treatment options vary by location, but may include:

-- Residential treatment.

-- Outpatient treatment.

-- Virtual addiction treatment.

-- Detoxification.

Services may include:

-- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT).

-- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

-- Dilectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).

-- Co-Occuring Diagnosis/Dual Diagnosis Treatment.

-- Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT).

-- Mindfulness-Based Sobriety.

-- Motivational Interviewing (MI).

-- Recovery Support Groups.

-- Trauma-Responsive Treatment.

-- 12-Step Facilitation.

Short-term transitional housing, designed to assist people with a diagnosed mental health or co-occurring condition while they transition to stability in the community. Helps clients secure permanent housing and connects them with community-based mental health or substance abuse services and avoid unnecessary incarceration.

Staff are available 24 hours a day at the facility for resident oversight and assistance. The building consists of 15 beds that are arranged in either single- or double-occupancy bedrooms, plus bathrooms, kitchen, dining room, and living room. Residents pay 30% of their income toward their living expenses at the facility.

Staff can help clients:

- Create a plan for housing

- Connect to services to improve physical and mental health

- Support in recovery from substance use

- Support in finding employment or applying for Social Security benefits

- Connect to programs that help with life skills (cooking/cleaning, budgeting, relationship/communication skills, etc.)

Provides a family style home designed to empower single, unwed mothers through continued education, vocational & hands on experience. A combination of structured independence, skill training, and life coaching will provide a home for the homeless, and the opportunity to build a stable future for themselves and their children. The program will require moms to participate and complete parenting classes, nutrition, pre-postnatal care, living skills, financing, healthy coping & relationship skills, yoga & art therapy, counseling and bible study. 

Each mom will be assigned a case manager who will help develop, design, and implement an individualized "life plan".

Transitional housing for homeless single veteran men.

Supportive services include therapy and case management.

Offers a year-long Life Recovery program for men that are struggling with addiction and other life controlling issues. The program includes life skills classes, job readiness training, substance abuse counseling, recovery groups, spiritual development, educational opportunities and much more. Intakes are done through Bethel Mission