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Agency Evaluation: Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center

Agency Evaluation: Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center

Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center is located at 1891 Effie Street, Los Angeles, California, 90026. The main campus at this address houses a 55-bed acute psychiatric hospital serving adults and adolescents, an adolescent outpatient program, and a 70-bed adult residential center. A second campus on Hoover Street has 36 residentially licensed transitional housing beds, a shelter vocational workshop, and a Homeless Service Center that includes emergency shelter beds and a drop-in center. The third campus houses a 12,000 square foot out-patient forensic program center. Gateways Homeless Services Center operates from the People Assisting the Homeless facility and includes a homeless outreach program.

The two individuals interviewed on October 21, 2002 were Chairman of the Board of Directors, Bob Klein, who possesses a Master's degree and James Adams, Facilities Manager, who has a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration. In addition to interviews, information for this report was obtained from personal observations, Gateways' "Performance Improvement Plan, 2000," and the institution's Web site, available at www.gatewayshospital.org.

Initially, the mission of Gateways at the time of its founding in 1953 was to provide community-based services to the mentally ill. Since 1953, the mission has expended and is now centered upon the creation and maintenance of mental health facilities and programs, including an acute care psychiatric hospital, to serve the needs of mentally ill, emotionally disturbed and maladjusted persons, requiring in-patient, out-patient, and rehabilitation services, and other treatment and care programs. The mission includes a service orientation that is not cognizant of race, creed, national origin, or gender and an emphasis on serving persons referred to the facility by courts or other public agencies.

The purpose of the organi...

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