Gateway To Discovery

This is a structured program with progressive goals being made and reached as each woman moves through the various stages. There is close oversight by a Program Director. The Program Director is at the house during the day and on call 24/7.
The women will receive housing, food, case management, therapy, substance treatment, help assessing education and other needs while volunteering throughout the community. We believe that it is while living in a compassionate and disciplined community, with the support of peers, that women learn and sustain life skills vital for staying clean, healthy and independent.
At Gateway, the staff, the volunteers and the programs supplement what the women teach each other and learn to do day after day over a period of 24 months; wake up on time, do the laundry, clean a bathroom, cook a meal, catch the bus, attend AA/ NA and meet a sponsor, get to a GED class on time, make a child support payment or an appointment with probation officer and then get to work on time, make and keep a long ago postponed doctor’s appointment, open a bank account and save money, cope with an irritable roommate or co-worker, get a driver’s license and buy a car, grieve losses, celebrate 1 or 6 or 10 months of sobriety, resolve a problems in a healthy manner , go on a job interview , show a woman who is new to the program how to catch the bus for the first time. The two year program is designed to help women heal physically, emotionally and spiritually. In order to heal the community we must begin healing one woman at a time.
Gateway to Discovery is modeling a program The Magdalene House in Nashville Tennessee. This program has operated for 15 years and has a 72% success rate. Magdalene continues to offer insight into their programming to create success at Gateway to Discovery.