Program areas at URM
Recovery - the Mission offers a transformational discipleship program with the intent of helping people leave skid row, reunite with their families, and begin productive lives in a local community. Depending on the needs of an individual, the Mission offers a 12 month intensive program that includes 2,000 hours of a biblical 12 step study, bible study, recovery classes, work therapy, individual counseling, learning center classes and physical fitness classes. Also, participants attend classes in addiction education, anger management, relapse prevention, financial stewardship, vocational preparation and leadership training. This intense program is followed by a transitional/apprenticeship phase lasting from 6 to 24 months to assist graduates in becoming employed, accumulating a savings and securing housing.
Community outreach programs - the Mission operates a donation program where donated goods are received and utilized to supplement purchased goods associated with providing resources in the shelter and recovery programs. Not all donations can be utilized by the Mission in which case they are distributed to numerous non-profit organizations throughout southern California.
Shelter services - Union Rescue Mission (urm) is the oldest and largest Rescue Mission in los angeles, founded in 1891. Urm has three major facilities in los angeles county, all providing food, shelter, counseling, medical, mental, and dental care as well as job search and placement. The main facility is in la's skid row on san pedro st and averages over 700 people under roof each night. There are also two family centers: hope gardens in sylmar, with single mothers, with children, and about 25 senior ladies, with a total population of about 300 residing there. In addition, urm built and opened their new angeles house family center in 2022, with about 300 moms, dads, and kids there each night. Urm welcomed over 6,500 people through their doors in fiscal 2022, served over 724,000 meals, provided over 419,000 nights of safe shelter, and moved over 350 people into a more permanent housing situation.