Equipping LifeChange Graduates for Success

Career Advancement Program (CAP) was created to help LifeChange graduates find a career path and job opportunities that they normally wouldn’t have access to.

In 2019, UGM partnered with Warner Pacific University to develop a kind of internship for the LifeChange graduates under the Warner Pacific University umbrella. We formulated course work that allows residents to get field experience as a university student.

Church, friends, career and employment are all part of developing a new life away from addiction and homelessness. After recovery, going back to an old job or old lifestyle can often lead to going back to the old bad habits.

“bring holistic healing to the mind, body and spirit, that’s what we do here at LifeChange"

In CAP, the graduates get to explore their passions and desires and explore real world applications to find the best career fit for their aptitude. “The guys are super excited,” says Paul Schramm, UGM AfterCare Director. “Their career paths range from health care to helicopter pilot.” Luis, a LifeChange graduate and CAP student, is currently doing his field study at a local church. “I’m learning how to build a sermon and disciple people, I’m learning what it means to plant a church,” Exclaims Luis. “I’m doing things I never thought possible for me.”

UGM’s long term goal is to have 4 to 8 students a year that will be coached and mentored through the process of discovering their passions all the way to employment in their career choice. In some cases, continuing education might be part of building that path.

“The ultimate goal is to bring holistic healing to the mind, body and spirit,” says Paul. ”that’s what we do here at LifeChange.”

UGM’s LifeChange is a Christ-centered recovery program where residents live and work in a community of people committed to transforming their lives and breaking the grip of addiction.

The first LifeChange class for CAP (left to right: Robert, Carlos, Joe (not pictured) Luis and Vernon)

If you know of someone battling addiction or homelessness and they are interested in a LifeChange,  contact our Intake Coordinator at mensintake@ugmportland.org or 503-274-4483. Women can contact LifeChange for Women and Their Children at 503-802-2271