Mission: To provide
a transitional, residential treatment program for adults with Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia or Depression, whose primary
goal is to live as independently as possible.
Vision: Gateway aspires to be
a national model program for the comprehensive, clinical treatment,
and rehabilitation of persons with chronic mental illness.
Gateway's Strategic
Plan:
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Gateway’s History:
1983 - Richmond Area Schizophrenia Foundation
(RASF) merges with the Community Support Program (CSP) to form
Gateway Homes, starting with a single house in Richmond, VA.
1987 - Department of Housing and Urban Development
approve a grant for Gateway to build a residential facility
in Chesterfield County, VA. Dr. William T. Moore donates money
for the purchase of 30 acres of land.
1989 - The Dr. William T. Moore Farmhouse,
a licensed assisted living facility opens to 15 residents.
1991 - Gateway expands program to provide
staff support to residents who return to the community - forming
Gateways Community Living Program.
1993 - Planning for Gateways first Capital
Campaign begins for the purpose of on campus apartments and
a multi-purpose building. The apartments would provide an intermediate
level of care to those that were ready for more independent
living, but were not yet ready to return to Community Living.
The multi-purpose building would provide a place on campus
for therapeutic, educational and social activities.
1997 - The first Director of Development
is hired, launching Gateways Capital Campaign.
1999 - The Moore House
Apartments open to eight residents forming Gateway’s
intermediate level of care, the Supported Living Program.
1999 - The multi-purpose building, now called
the Ramona Respess Center, opens offering a technology center,
exercise room, laundry facilities, and extensive meeting space.
2001 - The Segal House, the second apartment
building in the Supported Living Program opens to eight residents.
2001 - Gateway completes its Capital Campaign,
raising a total of $2.3 million.
2001 - Gateway receives the Honorable Mention
Award for Ides Housing Service, Program or Provider, from the
State Department of Housing and Community Developments Virginia
Housing Awards. Gateway was awarded for its high standard of
residential care and treatment for adults with a chronic mental
illness.
2001 - Martin Branding Worldwide (now Brandsync)
conducts a strategic focus on Gateway to determine how the
organization could effectively meet the pervasive needs of
individuals with chronic mental illness. After conducting months
of interviews with staff, residents, family members, board
members and others; performing a thorough assessment of Gateways
operations and staff; and evaluating existing services for
individuals with mental illness, Martin recommends that the
organization become a transitional living program with a comprehensive,
clinical focus, instead of the longer-term care organization
Gateway had become.
2002 - Gateway launches a new mission: To
provide a transitional, residential treatment program for adults with Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder or Depression, whose primary
goal is to live as independently as possible.
2002 - Gateways first Clinical Director is
hired.
2003 - The Estes House, the third and final
apartment building in the Supported Living Program, opens to
eight residents completing Gateways three-tier model program
and serving an average of 44 adults annually.
2003 - Gateway launches its new Psychosocial
Rehabilitation Program (PSR), providing comprehensive, clinical
treatment designed to promote psychiatric, physical, social
and vocational well-being; to meet the individuals physical
needs; to provide protection, guidance and supervision; and
to meet the objectives of the residents individualized service
plans.
2004 - Gateway receives an Exemplary Recognition Award at the Governor's Conference on Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services. Governor Mark R. Warner named Gateway Homes as a prominent contributor to the field of mental health by providing the type of model mental health services needed in Virginia.
2005 - Empirical data reflects the success of Gateway's new programs. As a result of effective clinical treatment, almost twice as many individuals are able to achieve increased levels of independence. Residents are now able to graduate from the supervised group homes to apartments on campus in less than one-third of the time previously required.
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