by Kenneth Adkins
Gateway Behavioral Health Services
Gateway Behavioral Health Services
The Gateway Coastal Village Supportive Housing Project is a 24-unit, multifamily housing development in unincorporated Glynn County. Gateway Town Center will serve women with children who are homeless, recovering from substance abuse and/or mental illness and who are very low income. Gateway Behavioral Health Services has determined through experience and research that persons with behavioral health disabilities need comprehensive supports and services to achieve housing stability. Currently, no such program exists in the area.
Gateway Town Center will serve women with children who are homeless, recovering from substance abuse and/or mental illness, and who are very low income. (Illustration provided by Gateway Behavioral Health Services)This project is the first phase of a master planned development. The Supportive Housing Project will be co-located next to the planned Gateway’s outpatient and crisis residential center. Women will be referred to the program from Gateway’s programs and from community social service agencies. Necessary support services will be provided on-site and off-site, within walking distance, with the goal of minimizing and eliminating the primary and secondary factors of homelessness (mental illness, substance abuse, and unemployment). It is anticipated that the women may stay in the Town Center program for several years or longer if assisted housing and their disability point to their continuing need.
“The housing is just one part of a three phase project that is designed to be a therapeutic community. Safe and secure housing for people who are in recovery from substance abuse and/or mental illness,” said Gateway Administrative Director Barbara Meyers. “It’s going to allow them to receive services on-site, and at the same time be in a community where they can not only live, but have access to jobs and education,” she said.
Gateway Town Center will be located on land that bridges a residential area and a retail area. To the north and west are modest, established residential neighborhoods. To the south and east are retail buildings and strip shopping centers. Across Golden Isles Parkway to the east is Glynn Place Mall, a large regional shopping destination. All major services are within a mile of the project site.
Golden Isles Parkway to the east of the site is a major arterial road and provides access to both Interstate 95, less than a mile to the north, and downtown Brunswick, about 5 miles to the south. Because Glynn County has no public transportation system, the proximity to many retail shops and employment opportunities will be important for the Town Center’s residents.
Women will be referred to the program from Gateway’s outpatient and residential treatment programs and from community social service agencies. As described in the services plan, Gateway will provide and link the women and family members served in this program to individualized comprehensive wrap-around services. Gateway will also offer a wide range of individual, group and family services to help women achieve abstinence, improve quality of life and enhance their ability for economic self-sufficiency and productivity.
The Town Center is being funded by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Glynn County and the federal Disaster Relief Fund. Construction has been underway for almost four weeks now since the October 29 groundbreaking for the 20-acre campus. Completion of the facilities is expected by March 1, 2010.
Gateway Behavioral Health Services is a publicly supported Community Service Board serving the coastal area of Camden, Glynn, McIntosh, Long, Liberty, Bryan, Effingham, and Chatham counties. Since 1972, Gateway has provided community-based outpatient, day and residential services to adults and children with mental illness, developmental disabilities and substance abuse problems. Annually, it serves over 8,000 residents; with an estimated 10 percent identified as homeless.
For more information on the Gateway Town Center please contact Barbara Meyers at 912-554-8541 or visit www.gatewaybhs.org.
“The housing is just one part of a three phase project that is designed to be a therapeutic community. Safe and secure housing for people who are in recovery from substance abuse and/or mental illness,” said Gateway Administrative Director Barbara Meyers. “It’s going to allow them to receive services on-site, and at the same time be in a community where they can not only live, but have access to jobs and education,” she said.
Gateway Town Center will be located on land that bridges a residential area and a retail area. To the north and west are modest, established residential neighborhoods. To the south and east are retail buildings and strip shopping centers. Across Golden Isles Parkway to the east is Glynn Place Mall, a large regional shopping destination. All major services are within a mile of the project site.
Golden Isles Parkway to the east of the site is a major arterial road and provides access to both Interstate 95, less than a mile to the north, and downtown Brunswick, about 5 miles to the south. Because Glynn County has no public transportation system, the proximity to many retail shops and employment opportunities will be important for the Town Center’s residents.
Women will be referred to the program from Gateway’s outpatient and residential treatment programs and from community social service agencies. As described in the services plan, Gateway will provide and link the women and family members served in this program to individualized comprehensive wrap-around services. Gateway will also offer a wide range of individual, group and family services to help women achieve abstinence, improve quality of life and enhance their ability for economic self-sufficiency and productivity.
The Town Center is being funded by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Glynn County and the federal Disaster Relief Fund. Construction has been underway for almost four weeks now since the October 29 groundbreaking for the 20-acre campus. Completion of the facilities is expected by March 1, 2010.
Gateway Behavioral Health Services is a publicly supported Community Service Board serving the coastal area of Camden, Glynn, McIntosh, Long, Liberty, Bryan, Effingham, and Chatham counties. Since 1972, Gateway has provided community-based outpatient, day and residential services to adults and children with mental illness, developmental disabilities and substance abuse problems. Annually, it serves over 8,000 residents; with an estimated 10 percent identified as homeless.
For more information on the Gateway Town Center please contact Barbara Meyers at 912-554-8541 or visit www.gatewaybhs.org.
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