Kalamazoo Gospel Ministries Women's & Children's Shelter
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Location: Kalamazoo, MI, 49007
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Size: 78,000 SF
Architect: Schley Nelson Architect
AVB partnered with Kalamazoo Gospel Ministries to build its new Women’s and Children’s Shelter addition.
The design for the new three-story Women’s Shelter includes a good Samaritan room on the first floor, with cots for single women needing emergency shelter. The top two floors house women and children participating in case management programs through a case manager. There are apartment-style units on the second floor for single women with children to create more intimate, safe, and comfortable living quarters. The third floor features flexible space with smaller rooms to accommodate demographics based on need, such as single men with children or geriatric guests.
The mission has been in Kalamazoo since the 1930s, providing overnight emergency shelter and meals for those in need. The mission provides programs with case management services designed to move participants toward a goal such as housing, employment, or education. With a 90-day cap on the emergency services available in the Good Samaritan rooms, program participants are encouraged to join one of the mission’s programs, which ideally reduces the risk of chronic homelessness. The ministry currently serves, on average, 80% of Kalamazoo’s homeless population, both men and women.
News:
Over 191 women, children to be served at new Kalamazoo Gospel Ministries shelter
Kalamazoo Gospel Ministries prepares to open new women’s and children’s shelter at month’s end
Kalamazoo homeless shelter plans $10M upgrade to expand space for women, children
Kalamazoo homeless shelter begins $10M renovation to women’s and children’s center
Kalamazoo Gospel Ministries opens new women’s and children’s shelter
