Do you know someone who is on a path to a stable future but needs a safe, healthy place to live? Completing outpatient recovery? Actively seeking employment and permanent housing? If so, check out our Connect Ministry and see what it can offer to its participants. (Watch Gary’s testimony, above, as he talks about how Connect helped him find ‘home’ for the first time in his life).
ABOUT CONNECT
Connect is a 3-month transition program away from the street that provides a bridge to employment and housing.
PURPOSE
Connect is a step toward a healthy lifestyle for people dealing with emotional scars of abuse, challenges of addiction, or limited work history.
FEATURES
Secure program and living quarters
Daily and nightly shelter, plus three meals a day
Safe alcohol- and drug-free community to live in while seeking permanent housing and employment
Opportunity to gain employable work experience by serving meals, maintaining living quarters and completing small projects
Support for career planning, job searches, and integration into healthy community
Encouragement from trained professional staff and volunteers who are highly relational
COST
Nothing. Expenses covered by caring donors.
REQUIREMENTS
Medically and mentally stable
Alcohol- and drug-free
Walk 2-3 flights of stairs
Attend a weekly one-hour Life Group focused on healing relationships
Follow program guidelines and live safely in the community
LOCATION
Burnside Shelter, upper floors (111 W. Burnside, Portland)
NEED A SHORTER STAY WITH LESS STRUCTURE?
Ask about our Referral Bed Program
CONTACTS
CONNECT FOR WOMEN: Deanne Gillock, Program Manager – Deanne.Gillock@pdxmission.org – 503.828.3187 (Orientation: 11 a.m., Monday & Thursday)
