Get Home
The Journey Home Program enables people experiencing homelessness in Shasta County to relocate back home where they have an identifiable support system in place.
Here’s how the process works:
- To apply for the Journey Home Program, go to the Good News Rescue Mission Guest Services office.
- Applicants are then interviewed to see if they qualify for the Program according to pre-determined criteria.
- Staff will contact the designated family member who must agree to accommodate the person until, or if, they are able to secure alternative housing and/or employment to help best facilitate the applicant’s success.
- Transportation (typically the Greyhound bus ticket) is set up and provided to the applicant from Redding to their destination along with some traveling snacks and supplies.
- Staff will follow-up with the participant to see how they are doing in their life transition back to where they either grew up or where they have some sort of emotionally supportive anchor that will help keep them grounded.
Please note that services at the Mission will not be available to Journey Home participants for at least a year following their relocation back home. This is to ensure at least some level of commitment is being made at turning their life around.
To fill out an application and schedule an eligibility interview, go to the Good News Rescue Mission Guest Services Office at 3100 S. Market Street or call 530-241-5754 with questions.
