Outcomes

Benilde Hall is a unique program offering housing, substance abuse

treatment, and treatment for mental illness to homeless

adult men all in one single facility.

The Therapeutic Community of Benilde Hall

2012 Services provided at Benilde Hall included: • Housing – Transitional housing services for 65 men and long term independent housing for 12 men • Substance Abuse Treatment - All residents must participate in a recovery program that includes group counseling, community groups, individual counseling and case management. • Services for Persons with Co-existing Disorders - On-site psychological services for clients with the dual diagnosis of substance abuse and mental illness.    • Medical Assessment & Education – On site HIV testing and  health literacy education groups. • Case Management - Depending on the unique needs of each resident.  Additional services include:  employment counseling, independent living skills, recreation activities, legal advocacy & referrals transportation, spirituality, financial counseling, family counseling, referrals to community self help groups.  

2012 Highlights

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Supportive housing & treatment services were provided to 319 men. 

• 60% successfully discharged the program with increased income, stable housing, improved mental health, increased social skills, and abstinent from drugs & alcohol.  • Benilde Services, a compensated work program provided employment opportunities to the men of Benilde Hall. The program provides lawn care, nursery & landscaping, painting, snow removal, and repair services. To participate in Benilde Services the client must be compliant with their program including being abstinent from drugs & alcohol and participating in treatment services.   Eighty percent of Benilde Services participants have maintained sobriety, Thirty-three (33%) have found other or additional employment.  Forty percent (40%) have found housing and moved into aftercare programming. • In 2012 Benilde Services mowed and maintained 333 city lots for the City of Kansas City, Missouri as well as servicing our private contracts with mowing, landscaping, and comprehensive maintenance for facilities. • Benilde Hall’s community partners include Kansas City Kansas Community College, UMKC, Metropolitan Community Colleges, and Avila University to provide field placement practicum for students in the fields of social work, psychology, and substance abuse and addictions.  Under staff supervision, student interns provide counseling services and facilitate groups.  The contribution this year in donated time by student interns was more than $20,000.

Quality Outcomes

Benilde Hall provides supportive  housing, substance abuse treatment,  mental health and case management  services to homeless men with  addiction and mental health issues.  In 2012 services were provided to  319 men at Benilde Hall and Matt  Talbot. To be successfully discharged from  Benilde Hall clients must be  abstinent, have improved income,  move to stable housing and if they  have a mental illness, they must  have improved mental health. In  2012 sixty percent (60%) of the  clients to enter Benilde Hall  successfully discharged the program. 

Transitional Housing

A Theraputic Community

Treating Addiction, Mental Illness & Homelessness