Open Door for Young Men

Are you homeless and interested in doing the hard work to become self-supporting?

The Open Door is a residential program for men who have nowhere to live.

Men in the program concentrate on becoming financially stable and self-supporting.  Men who do not have jobs search fulltime for employment.  Those who do have jobs save one-third of every paycheck for their future housing costs.  Men who are struggling with substance abuse or addiction make and keep a personal recovery plan involving 12-step groups.  Men who have not completed High School get connected with a program to earn the GED.

At the Open Door men are assigned a bed and dresser.  Food and personal hygiene supplies are provided free of charge.  Bus tokens are provided free of charge to men who are looking for work.

Every man is expected to do one daily chore assigned by the staff to keep the house clean and in good order.  Curfew, seven days a week, is 9:30 pm.  Men must be out of the house working or looking for work every weekday from 9 am to 3 pm.

If you are homeless and interested in doing the hard work to become self-supporting, we would like to support you in your efforts.

Contact the Open Door at 269-345-1431between 3 pm and 10 pm any day of the week or stop by during those hours at the Open Door, 414 Ranney Street, in the Vine Street neighborhood of Kalamazoo.

The Open Door for young men –
414 Ranney Street – 269-345-1431- This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

1. Find work
2. Save for future housing
3. Enter or maintain recovery from substance abuse & addiction
4. Complete High School or the GED
5. Work on other issues