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Applied in 2007

Way Out Program:Short-Term Drug & Alcohol Recovery

CityTeam Ministries

Program Facts

  • Paid (FTE) Staff Working: 1
  • Program Participants Last Year: 75
  • Meets about 30 time(s) with each participant per month
  • Participants remain in the program for 4 months

Volunteers

Volunteers per month: 5

Volunteers are trained:

Volunteer Training
AlwaysRarely

Volunteers are actively recruited:

Volunteer Recruiting
AlwaysRarely

Board Activities

  • Formally reviews the performance of the chief executive officer at least once every two years.
  • Formally approves the budget.
  • Ensures that arrangements with outside fund raising firms are made in writing.
  • Receives information about the financial arrangements with such firms and, if applicable, the anticipated portion of the gross proceeds that goes to the organization.
  • Has formally approved a conflict of interest policy and regularly monitors it to ensure adherence.
  • Receives, at least quarterly, the organization's financial statement.
  • Receives, at least annually, an auditor's management letter and report.
  • Convenes an audit committee.

Outcomes & Measures: (self-reported)

Outcome 1
30% of all homeless guests will make commitment to participate in the short-term program.

Measure
Number of homeless guests compared to number of men entering the program.

Outcome 2
20% of men will complete the program.

Measure
Number of graduates compared to number of participants.

Outcome 3
20% of men in long-term residential recovery program will be former participants/graduates of short-term program.

Measure
Number of former participants/graduates of short-term program compared to number of men in long-term program.

Outcome 4
30% of men will find permanent housing and secure employment after completion of short-term program.

Measure
Number of men with housing and employment compared to number of graduates.

Outcome 5
30% of graduates will return to volunteer in the shelter.

Measure
Number of graduates who continue to volunteer in the shelter.

Note: Due to the low accountability inherently present in outpatient programs for transients, we have set lower outcome ratios in determining success, as compared to our outcome ratios for the long-term recovery program.

Change Process: (self-reported)

For over 100 years, CityTeam Ministries in Portland has served poor and chronically homeless men who have lost their jobs, home, and relationships with loved ones. By reaching out to addicted, malnourished, and hopeless men with God’s grace and love through our shelter program, we are able to meet immediate physical and emotional needs. Provision of these services is essential, but this alone does not lead to lasting change. For those willing to make the difficult and courageous step toward sobriety, self-sufficiency, family reconciliation and becoming a productive member of society, we have also offered a long-term recovery and discipleship program, established in 1998. However, many of our homeless clients have experienced numerous failures and are unwilling to commit to a recovery program. With the introduction of the short-term, accessible Way Out Program, men have been increasingly attracted to experiencing what recovery is like, making the decision to remain clean and sober, agreeing to take random drug tests, and attending meetings and Bible studies. The men primarily receive direct mentorship/discipleship from senior residents in the long-term program who become encouraging peer role models. By fulfilling the requirement to complete various chores around the shelter (ie. mopping floors, cleaning bathrooms), program participants gain responsibility and change from being service-receivers to being service-givers. As many as 18 men occupying one of fifty beds in the homeless shelter no longer come in and go out, but are working various stages of a recovery program. As they transition to the long-term program or complete requirements to move on and find employment and housing, we see them becoming transformed individuals as well as transforming agents in their own communities.