Gastineau Human Services
“Providing a Chance for Change Since 1965”
Mission
The mission of Gastineau Human Services Corporation (GHS) is to serve individuals, their families and the community by providing structured residential treatment and employment program opportunities with an emphasis on those persons who are criminal offenders and/or substance abusers.
Goal
GHS is a private non-profit behavioral health agency dedicated to providing the socially stigmatized of Southeast Alaska opportunities to gain the skills and lifestyles necessary to better themselves and their community. Our programs and concepts are directed at improving the human condition.
Philosophy
Our programs are built on the belief that each individual is responsible for his or her own behavior and that all persons are deserving of equality opportunity. Each human being, regardless of present condition and inherited characteristics, has the potential for positive change.
Gastineau Human Services believes that the community, if it is to survive and thrive, must strive to be an open society and afford itself the chance for positive change that is necessary to accommodate the needs and aspirations of all people.
What we do
Alcoholism, other drug addiction, unemployment and crime are the most potent threats to the social structure. We work to alleviate these abuses and educate the community as to the methods of social rehabilitation required to remain responsive to the needs of the socially stigmatized.
GHS strives to:
- Initiate, foster, and operate programs that will alleviate and prevent alcoholism and other drug abuse.
- Operate residential programs that provide treatment, care, and rehabilitation to individuals who are offenders, recovering addicts, or physically or mentally handicapped.
- Operate programs that provide training, education, and employment for struggling individuals including substance abusers, offenders, developmentally disabled, physically handicapped, or mentally ill.
- Lower the chance of re-offense, protect the community, and help clients to make permanent positive changes
The commitment and passion of GHS as an organization is to provide opportunities for individuals to rebuild their lives. GHS clients are provided with the opportunity to achieve personal growth and economic independence; to gain training and employment opportunities for themselves in the work place; and to accept individual responsibility for the choices they make in their lives.
