Gateway Community Services
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 Gateway Community Services is a non-profit agency established in 1970 to serve families and teens in the Lansing area. We offer many services, including shelter, counseling, job and education assistance, and family reunification, among many others. Additionally, we operate a 24 hour crisis line for teens:
Teen Crisis Hotline
1-877-833-3689
You can call this number at any time and a counselor will always be available to talk. Click here for more information about our organization and the programs we operate.
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 Attend our Weekly Information Meeting!
Each week Gateway holds informational meetings about our programs. For many of the programs, this is the first step in the intake process. The meetings are run by our Intake Coordinator and are held every Monday afternoon at 4:00 pm at our administrative office (directions).
At the meeting, you will be free to ask any questions you have about Gateway and our programs, and also begin the intake process if you desire. No advance sign-up is required and as always there is no fee. All you have to do is show up!
If you have any questions about the information meetings or anything else about Gateway, please feel free to call us at (517) 351-4000.
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Higher Ground is a service for at-risk and runaway youth with the ultimate goal of family reunification. The Higher Ground Program strives to help youth and their families learn healthy ways to cope while working to resolve conflicts. The program's services include:
~Counseling for individuals and families
~Emergency shelter for runaway and homeless youth
~Counselor on call 24 hours for crisis intervention
~Community referrals
Higher Ground's goal is to support youth as they continue to develop the healthy coping skills needed to build a strong personal foundation. Additionally, the Higher Ground Program assists families in crisis, working toward family healing and reunification whenever possible. For more information about Higher Ground, click here.
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Crossroads is a voluntary transitional living program for young people who are unable to live at home. Youth live in the Kevin J. Moody Youth Home, a 24-hour supervised group home. The goal of the program is to help youth prepare for independent and self-sufficient living. Services offered during the program include:
~Shelter
~Independent Living Skills Instruction
~Counseling & Case Management
~Employment Assistance
~Tutoring
~Health Care
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After graduating from Crossroads, participants have access to a variety of services including advocacy, employment and educational assistance, case management, crisis intervention, rental assistance, and emotional support and guidance. For more information about the Crossroads program, please click here.
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Violence Intervention & Prevention Project is a program to promote peaceful, thoughtful, and non-aggressive means by which young people can learn to channel and communicate anger and frustration. The Violence Intervention and Prevention Project (VIPP) uses many different methods to achieve these goals, including:
~Aggression Replacement Training
~Skillstreaming
~Anger-Control Training
~Moral Reasoning Training
~Art Therapy
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For more information about these techniques and about the VIPP as a whole, please click here.
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Youth Workforce Development Program is a program designed to provide educational planning and employment support to low income youths. Run in conjunction with Capital Area Michigan Works!, this program offers many services, including:
~Tutoring in Reading & Writing
~Help with Resume Building
~Guidance in Mastering the Interview Process
~Assistance with Conducting a Job Search
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The Youth Workforce Development Program (YWDP) also assists youth in finding jobs and internships with local area businesses. Informational meetings are held at 4pm every Thursday at Capital Area Michigan Works! and for more information please click here.
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Street Outreach is a program designed to find homeless youth on the streets and bring our services to them. The Street Outreach team traverses the tri-county area each week, bringing along Gateway brochures and information packets, as well as more tangible goods like blankets, clothes, food, etc.
 The Street Outreach team has also partnered with local businesses to create Project SafeZone. Anywhere that you see the SafeZone logo is a safe place to stay and wait for help. SafeZone locations will also be provided with Gateway materials to help educate the community about our programs.
The goal of the Street Outreach Program is to bring our services to youth in the places in which they are confortable. If you are in a crisis and need help, you can call our 24 Hour Teen Crisis Hotline (1-877-833-3689) and someone will always be there to answer the phone and get you help.
For more information about the Street Outreach Program, please click here.
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Pictures from Lansing City Hall Art Show
December 10, 2009
On Wednesday November 4th Gateway Community Services participated in "Your Story and Mine: A Community of Hope", a traveling art exhibit put together by Advent House. The art show consists of works by current and former homeless people, and, after leaving Lansing City Hall, will travel around the state of Michigan to highlight the growing problem of homelessness across our state.
Gateway's submissions came via participants in our Violence Intervention and Prevention Project, run by coordinator Jen Loforese. To learn more about the VIPP, please click here. To view pictures from this event, please visit our pictures page. Thanks again to everyone who participated in this event and made it possible.
December Employee of the Month
December 9, 2009
Congratulations to Thomas Rossana for being named Gateway's Employee of the Month for December! Thomas has been commended for his dedication to his clients, his strong work ethic, and his teamwork with his fellow co-workers. To read more about why his co-workers voted Thomas Employee of the Month, click here.
New Day for Information Meetings
November 3, 2009
Due to some recent internal changes, the Crossroads Information Meetings have been moved to Mondays at 4:00 pm.
This week's meeting will still take place on Wednesday, November 4, but subsequent meetings will occur on Monday afternoons. The first Monday meeting will be held on November 9.
If you are interested in any of Gateway's programs, please come and attend a meeting. These meetings serve as the first step to admittance into many of Gateway's programs. As always, the meetings and services are free, and anyone may attend a meeting. Meetings are held at Gateway's administrative offices, located at 2875 Northwind Drive, Suite 105. For more information, please call our offices at 517-351-4000 or email us at info@gatewayservices.org.
November Employee of the Month
November 3, 2009
Congratulations to Lindley Arnold for being named Gateway's Employee of the Month for November! Lindley has been commended for his willingness to pick up extra shifts and cover for his co-workers, his dedication to his ILS clients, and his overall leadership abilities. To read more about why his co-workers voted Lindley Employee of the Month, click here.
Gateway featured in Lansing State Journal
October 28, 2009
The Lansing State Journal has written a great article about Gateway's upcoming Street Outreach Program.
"E.L. agency aims to find, help homeless teens in area"
This program will allow Gateway to expand its services and provide assistance to more at-risk and homeless youth in the tri-county area. We would like to thank the Lansing State Journal for its support, as well as the support of other community organizations and individuals. If you are interested in helping Gateway, donations and volunteers are always appreciated.
Gateway's Street Outreach Program
October 13, 2009
Homeless teenagers in the Ingham, Eaton and Clinton County region will soon be receiving special attention from Gateway Community Services as it launches a "Street Outreach Program" as a result of receiving a three year $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The grant will enable Gateway to expand its current services and provide counseling, crisis intervention, case management and emergency housing to youth ages 12 to 21 who are homeless, or having difficulty because of an unstable family environment.
"The Street Outreach initiative will enable us to make an aggressive effort in both urban and rural settings to find homeless youth and assist them in stabilizing their lives and help them avoid becoming victims of sexual abuse, criminal activity or other behavior that can be detrimental to the youth and the community in general," according to Jennifer McMahon, Gateway's Director of Programs.
"Youth homelessness is a community problem," according to McMahon. "Youth are likely to engage in negative activities as a result of both peer pressure and survival need.
Though peers can provide friendship, support, and a sense of community, negative peers can introduce youth to risk-taking and even destructive behaviors."
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Gateway's new Street Outreach Program will attempt to connect with these youth that might not otherwise seek out our services. It is our hope that by bringing help directly to youth on the street, instead of waiting for them to come to us, that we will be able to serve more at-risk and homeless youth with essential services.
Thanks to FedEx Kinko's!
October 12, 2009
Gateway would like to thank the East Lansing FedEx Kinko's Print Center for their recent donation to our Violence Intervention and Prevention Project. The FedEx Kinko's Print Center donated over 100 boxes to the VIPP for the student Shadow Box art therapy project.
We are very thankful for this and other donations which we receive. If you are interested in making a donation, please visit our donations page for more information.
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Crisis Line:
1-517-351-4000 (8am-5pm weekdays)
1-877-833-3689 (after 5pm and weekends)
Parent Help Hotline:
1-800-942-4357
National Runaway Switchboard:
1-800-RUNAWAY
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