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Lu Lu’s Housing and Employment Placement Services is a unique program designed to equip men who are homeless to gain housing, employment and stability in their lives. This program addresses the needs of men who, for various reasons, are not suited for a year-long residential recovery program. A man enrolled in the program receives sleeping quarters and personal storage in a private area of the men’s shelter.

The Men’s Life Recovery Program is designed for men who need space to work on healing from past hurts and build a strong foundation for recovery before finding a job and independent housing. Connections are made to medical, housing and other services, as well as education and training essential for career advancement and lifelong learning. When a man starts in this program, he is put on the Life Skills schedule and is assigned shifts to help in the kitchen or emergency shelter.

The Mental Health Program, is for men who are homeless primarily due to a mental illness and who have a history of hospitalization due to mental health. The men in this program participate in the same activities and have the same responsibilities as the men in the Life Recovery Program (described above), but there are often times more coordination with outside agencies for the treatment of mental illness. Men in this program are given the option to stay at the Mission for a longer period of time to ensure the stabilization of their mental health and their readiness to transition.