Program areas at Butte Rescue Mission
The Butte Rescue Missions transitional program was established to provide the next step towards stability and health for those experiencing homelessness and poverty. Our temporary on-site living program empowers guests be proactive in their goal of overcoming personal obstacles, gaining stability and progressing towards recovery. We provide individualized case management, access to counseling, job training programs, addiction recovery support and on-site healthcare providers. In 2023 our program helped 49 individuals gain employment, 36 acquired stable housing, 57 obtained addiction recovery and 25 families were kept from living on the streets. Our dedicated staff and community partners invested over 40,000 work hours to our guests in Life Advising, Programming and Academics.
The Butte Rescue Missions low barrier emergency shelter stands as a vital resource in the Butte community addressing the basic needs of transient and homeless people on a nightly basis. Our facility offers warm dry beds, food, water, clothing, clean restrooms, showers and laundry services. As the initial point of contact for those in crisis, the Mission strives to establish a positive connection with our nightly guests in the hope that they are encouraged to seek continued, more expanded services that are offered in our Transitional Program. Annually, the shelter serves over 500 unique individuals, equating to almost 16,000 nights of secure shelter.
On a daily basis, the Butte Rescue Mission food program provides three hot meals, sack lunches and food boxes for those members of the community who are food insecure. In 2023, generous donors gifted 125,041 pounds of food to our program enabling us to serve 90,536 meals to those in need.