Bell Salvation Army Shelter

5600 Rickenbacker Rd
Bell, CA 90201

Class of Housing/Services: Homeless Shelter

General Information:
Bell Shelter is the largest homeless shelter west of the Mississippi. The Bell Shelter operates a comprehensive program that offers transitional care for up to 350 homeless men and women. The goal of Bell Shelter is to meet the needs of the homeless population by addressing the myriad of reasons why people become homeless and assisting them in developing a higher quality of life through independence. Services offered include: emergency shelter, transitional housing, substance abuse rehabilitation, case management, counseling, on-site health care & medical referrals, HIV/AIDS education, ESL classes, computer training, vocational assistance, job referrals and life skills classes. Services: Case Management - All client's see a case manager weekly Supportive and Transitional Housing to help with a client's reintegration into society Individual and Group Counseling - Psychological help is provided through a collaboration with ENKI mental health services Licensed 128 bed drug and alcohol program - Client's receive treatment in a social model recovery center Back on Track program - Client's address the emotional and psychological barriers to escaping homelessness and learn to overcome them Alternate sentencing for non-violent offenders Job Search Assistance - This program assists homeless clients procure meaningful employment Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program - Provides employment linkages for homeless veterans Mobile Medical Services

Website: http://www1.usw.salvationarmy.org/usw/www_usw_southcal.nsf/vw-sublinks/1B6374D1663FFE12882575A5006C5

Helpful Definitions For Bell Salvation Army Shelter:
Transitional housing is affordable supportive housing designed to provide housing and appropriate support services to persons who are homeless or who are close to homelessness. The transition is to help them be more self sufficient to move towards independent living on their own. Transitional housing locations are oftentimes called Halfway Houses. The naming of the two (Halfway House OR Transitional House) is oftentimes interchangeable.

Many Transitional Housing programs are subsidized and are income based. Income based transitional housing generally charges 30% of your income for rent when you do have income. Contact the transitional housing facility to see if this applies.

Services provided at transitional housing facilities varies from substance abuse treatment, to psychological assistance, job training, domestic violence assistance, etc. The assistance provided varies, but it is generally affordable and low cost housing. Read the descriptions of each of the transitional living locations for more detailed information. Transitional housing facilities also may or may not assist with alcohol and/or drug substance abuse treatment.Emergency Homeless Shelters both provide short term relief for the homeless and low income persons. Usually there is a maximum stay of 3 months or less. Many of these shelters ask their clients to leave during the day. Meals and other supportive services are often offered. 3 times out of 5 these shelters offer their services free of charge.

Drug And Alcohol Rehab programs are intended to treat alcohol and/or drug dependency. The cost of participating in one of these programs and the method of treatment range significantly. The database operated on this website only includes residential rehab programs (not outpatient programs). We also provide Access to Recovery (ATR) Grant programs for substance abuse treatment.

How To Volunteer at Bell Salvation Army Shelter:
Be a volunteer. Call Bell Salvation Army Shelter at 323-263-1206 for current volunteer work opportunities.

As A General Note About ShelterListings.org Listings:
ShelterListings.org does our best to provide listings that are free of cost. Many of the homeless shelters and services are free of charge. Some do charge small fees. We always urge the users of our website to visit the websites of the providers listed, OR give them a phone call to find out complete details.

In furtherance; Halfway Houses, Transitional Housing, and Substance Abuse Treatment Centers for the most part charge a fee. Most of the substance abuse resources we provide are low cost, Medicaid or sliding scale fee. We provide as much information as possible on the website of these locations.

Rooming and Boarding Houses do charge fees. We list them where we find them. They are a nice low cost option for housing.

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