1. ANCHORAGE RESCUE
MISSION SERVES
COMMUNITY
By Dr. Paula Jo Colescott

2. Introduction
 Dr. Paula Jo Colescott is board certified in internal
medicine and addiction medicine and has more
than three decades of academic and clinical
experience. She is currently the assistant medical
director at Providence Breakthrough in
Anchorage, Alaska, where she provides
pharmacological interventions that aid clients
diagnosed with substance abuse disorders in the
detoxification process, and in maintaining
abstinence. In addition to her medical career, Dr.
Paula Jo Colescott is a Board Member of the
Anchorage Rescue Mission.

3. Anchorage Rescue Mission
 The Anchorage Rescue Mission is an Evangelical
Christian organization committed to providing
resources for homeless individuals in the
Anchorage area. The 100-bed facility includes 10
beds for women in a separate dorm; all individuals
can receive food, clothing, and showers. The
Mission offers nightly chapel services as well as
The "New Life" Discipleship Training Program
which provides 20-25 men a one year intensive
residential training program which focuses
dedicated bible study and committment to Jesus
Christ , mandatory classes in basic, intermediate,
and advanced computer skills, GED preparation
and testing, with coaching in job searching and
interviewing skills.

4. Conclusion
 Many of the men have participated in building
homes for Habitat for Humanity, and are currently
being trained in the culinary arts, dry wall, facility
maintanence, painting, under the instruction of
skilled staff. These men also participate in process
groups facilitated by the Department of Clinical
Community Psychology @ the University of
Alaska Anchorage in anger management,problem
solving, self management, with motivational
enhancement.
The most important skill taught is: the ability to
rely on the power of Jesus Christ in all life’s
circumstances for guidance in sound decision
making skills