Restorers: A Water Street Podcast
Rethinking Emergency Shelter
Typically emergency shelter consists of inviting someone in during the afternoon, giving them a place to stay and a meal, and then releasing them back on the streets the following morning. We examine this model and how some missions, including ours, are changing to create greater healing and restoration among emergency shelter guests by creating pathways into residential programs (also referred to as res). We'll also look into how collaboration and choice can become powerful mechanisms for life change as someone comes out of homelessness. Jim Reese, President and CEO of Atlanta Mission, and Luis Rodriguez, Water Street’s Assistant VP of Programs, join us for this profound conversation.
Typically emergency shelter consists of inviting someone in during the afternoon, giving them a place to stay and a meal, and then releasing them back on the streets the following morning. We examine this model and how some missions, including ours, are changing to create greater healing and restoration among emergency shelter guests by creating pathways into residential programs (also referred to as res). We'll also look into how collaboration and choice can become powerful mechanisms for life change as someone comes out of homelessness. Jim Reese, President and CEO of Atlanta Mission, and Luis Rodriguez, Water Street’s Assistant VP of Programs, join us for this profound conversation.