Goodwill Team Outreach
The Mission of Team Outreach:
To locate and inform homeless people of the availability of area health care, housing, social and human services available in the area.
To identify and reduce barriers to care and to increase the use of all available services.
To establish and maintain a partnering relationship with all programs servicing the homeless.
To provide appropriate engagement assessment and case management services to homeless individuals and families in order to bring services to those who do not or cannot access traditional services.
Services Provided:
Engagement Strategies:
Create a safe presence
Initiate non-threatening conversation
Offer a blanket and survival bag
Information and Referral:
Provide information about available services from Goodwill
Provide information contained in the Resource Reference Guide
Direct Services:
Assist with accessing shelter/housing and entitlements.
Assist client in accessing food, clothing, showers, laundry, phone, mail, etc.
Give support and counsel, as well as be an advocate to other agencies to help client receive necessary services.
Facilitate support groups and life skills training.
Intervene in crisis situations creating links to emergency medical or psychiatric care.
Community Activities:
Team Outreach is actively out in the community. Outreach happens at shelters, churches, drop in centers, transitional houses, community meal programs, under bridges and overpasses, park benches, vacant buildings, abandoned vehicles, wooded areas and river banks, throughout the entire community.
Application Process:
Please contact Goodwill Industries' Team Outreach at (231) 995-7717 for more information on their services application process.
Note: The program descriptions on this website were developed in 2009 for general information purposes only. NWMCOG/Community Housing Choices makes no guarantee of the continued accuracy of this information. Please contact the agency for official confirmation of available assistance and your eligibility for assistance.
Contact Information:
Name: Program Contact
Address:
Phone: (231) 995-7717
Email: outreach@goodwillnmi.org
Goodwill Team Outreach Website
Goodwill Industries: Agency Page, Website
