ABOUT GOOD NEWS RESCUE MISSION
Good News Rescue Mission (GNRM), located in Redding, Calif., is one of 540 (37.8 percent) treatment centers in the state that offers residential treatment for adults struggling with substance abuse. There is also a transitional housing option for those who successfully complete the treatment program.
GNRM was founded in 1964 by a group of Christians who wanted to provide human services to their community, and treatment is entirely faith-based. The facility has now grown to provide a full range of social services, including shelters for homeless, a distribution center for used clothes and other resources, food services, job training and a resource center, and medical services.
TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT
The facility’s treatment program is a long-term, faith-based residential program that meets the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs of the clients. The program is primarily centered around the “Genesis Process”, a program that combines “a Biblical and neurochemical understanding of what is broken that causes us to be self-destructive”, according to the Genesis Process website.
The residential program lasts 18 months and includes Bible study, relapse prevention education, anger management education, vocational training, and practice living a disciplined Christian life. There are separate programs for men and women, both utilizing similar curriculum. Following treatment, there is a graduate transitional housing option for those in need of extra postgraduate support, transportation, mentors, and food assistance.
In order to be admitted, clients complete a detailed application that is reviewed by the program manager to determine eligibility. Once admitted, clients receive weekly drug, alcohol, and nicotine testing and must abstain from these substances.
STAFF CREDENTIALS
There is currently no information provided by the facility regarding its treatment staff. However, one staff member has been surveyed by Best-rehabs.com and he identified himself as a full time counselor at the facility. This staff member reported that there were two licensed medical professionals on staff and one contracted medical professional. In California, 98.3 percent of all substance abuse treatment facilities have continuing education requirements for staff.
ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES
GNRM can treat up to 50 clients at a time. Pictures sourced from the center’s website showed bright and cozy dorm-style rooms, some with two twin beds and some with multiple bunk beds. Well-maintained classrooms are also represented, with a modern television in the front, seemingly for instructional purposes.
WHAT ALUMNI SAY
Best-rehabs.com had yet to receive feedback from the facility’s alumni at the time of this writing; however, on Google, the center has 3.7 stars based on 88 reviews to date.[1] Many of the written comments touched on the distribution center and the food shelter, which both received mixed feedback. Those who shared experiences in the residential treatment facility largely felt that the staff were “helpful” and “wonderful.”
One anonymous reviewer wrote, “This place is great for those who need it…a lot of people take advantage of it too,” in a representative review, which echoed the varying levels of criticism and praise both present on Google.
Similar commentary was provided on Facebook at the time of this writing, where the facility had 4.4 stars from 62 reviewers.[2] In a representative review, J.D. shared, “An 18 month five phase recovery program. A place to sleep out of the rain and cold. Academic training to achieve a GED. A clean facility. Health and dental care. All of this while sharing the Mercy and Grace of God. What’s not to like?”
WHAT STAFF SAY
At the time of this writing, there has been one staff member polled by Best-rehabs.com. He felt that a strength of the facility was that it is “Faith Based, Compassion for clients, the Genesis process that gets deep into who the student is.” He felt that the facility could improve upon, “micro management by executive director as well as corporate feel to the organization.”
N.R. added additional comments writing, “that enter, from day one, thru to the development of their individual lifestyle of recovery, There is the ministry component that is vital to achieving freedom from any addiction.”
Five Indeed users to date also provided positive reactions to their time spent working and volunteering at Good News Rescue Mission, producing a four-star average rating.[3] All felt that the atmosphere was incredibly uplifting.
FINANCING
Treatment at the facility appears to be donor-funded and volunteer-led. There is no cost of treatment listed on the facility’s website or any indication that the center accepts insurance.
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