How do Community Outreachs emergency and transitional shelters work?
One of the reasons we separated the emergency shelter clients from the regular men’s shelter is the e-men’s shelter population was distracting to the regular’s men shelter population. The e-men’s shelter clientele is mostly looking just for shelter and food (they can stay for 7 days every 90 days) although some may decide to go into one of our treatment programs and end up in the transitional men’s shelter. The transitional shelter consists of men who are working towards a goal such as permanent housing, employment, furthering their education, or a combination of the above. Some in our transitional shelter are veterans who are in need of substantial help and who stay at least several months since the Roseburg veteran’s hospital is unable to accommodate them. This is why the Eugene Veterans Administration arranged the contract with Community Outreach. Some of the men in the transitional shelter are obtaining alcohol and drug treatment.
