Emergency Shelter
Providing Shelter Services & Critical Care For People In Need
At Gateway Mission, we understand that no one plans to be homeless or live on the streets. The men and women who come here never imagined they’d be homeless. But homelessness can happen to anyone at any time.
Some are homeless because of the unexpected loss of a job, a home or a loved one. Many are struggling with extreme circumstances like domestic abuse, substance abuse or mental or emotional issues that led to their homelessness. We desire to see long lasting positive life-change by resolving not only the visible poverty, but also the invisible poverty of relationships, truth, identity, and hope.
There are also many misperceptions about homelessness and what
it looks like.
- Parents who are working, but can no longer afford rent and food.
- A single woman who doesn’t want her friends to see that she sleeps in a car.
- A young man or woman who sleeps on a different friends’ couch each week.
Our Emergency Shelter Programs at Gateway Mission exists to provide assistance to anyone experiencing homelessness and meet their immediate needs such as:
- Food
- Financial Guidance & Savings Oversight
- Guest Advocate Services
- Onsite Childcare
- Shelter
- Chapel Services & Gospel-focused recovery services
- Clothing
- Employment & Housing Search Assistance
- Medical Advocate Services
Open Door Shelter
Our goal in Open Door is to provide the emergent and basic needs of the homeless in our local communities.
Guest should arrive before 8:00pm.
Pathway Shelter Program
Our goal in Pathway is stability through full time employment, relationship building, and financial stability, (paying off debt and establishing savings) while hearing the hope of the gospel.
Shelter Locations
Gateway Mission has separate shelters – one for men and one to help meet the needs of women and children – where we provide a warm, safe, loving environment.
Women & Children’s Center
356 Fairbanks Avenue
Holland, Michigan 49423
Emergency Shelter Phone: 616.928.3469
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