Family Gateway provides comprehensive services to families who are in crisis, such as counseling, temporary housing, job search and placement assistance, transitional living apartments, and community transitional services. The program offers training and counseling which are intended to restore dignity, stability and self-sufficiency to the family unit.  All programs and environments are designed to create an atmosphere of emotional, social and economic empowerment.

Family Gateway has both shelter facilities and apartments for families in transition. The primary objectives are to satisfy the basic need for food and housing, to counsel adult family members on how to effectively handle personal, social, familial and financial crises, to reduce anxiety caused by the stress of homelessness, and to establish stability in school, work, finances, housing and family relations, and to prevent homelessness by breaking the cycle.  Family Gateway’s objectives are met with the effective use of both staff and volunteer time and skills. One year after graduating from the Family Gateway program, 70% of the families are maintaining continuous employment and 77% of  the children are in families maintaining stable housing in the community.

Volunteer opportunities:  Assistance with all phases of the children’s programs; tutors for training classes in parenting, budgeting, goal setting, etc.  Handy persons  are needed to help with all types of maintenance, and fix-up/clean-up activities. Clerical assistants, computer instructors and computer maintenance / repair assistants are also needed. Hours and training vary according to the volunteer opportunity.