Mission Arlington

Mission Metroplex continues its exempt purpose by meeting the physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual needs of the community. The taxpayer provides an afterschool tutoring program with approximately 1,284 students in attendance each week. In the spring, an easter egg hunt was held with an attendance of 3,877. On thanksgiving day, 3,000 volunteers delivered hot meals and turkey baskets to 6,293 families. In 2022, 26,481 people received free gifts from the annual "christmas store," angel tree, and adopt-a-family programs. Throught the year, 154,515 people received emergency assistance in the form of rent or utilities, clothes, food, furniture, and direct delivery of food at no cost.

Mission Metroplex provides free medical care five days and one evening per week to the uninsured and underinsured. Patients are seen on a first-come, first-serve basis. The medical clinic provided 11,156 office visits in 2022. The patients are cared for by volunteer doctors and often receive medication free of charge through donations from drug manufacturers. The medical clinic also coordinates efforts with other community health providers to arrange free prescriptions, free specialist care, and in some cases, free surgeries in order to provide the people in the community with the greatest need with the best possible care.

Mission Metroplex provides free dental care to the residents of arlington, kennedale, and mansfield. The clinic staff is primarily volunteer dentists, assistants, and hygienists. In 2022, patients were seen 3,378 times. The primary goal of the dental clinic is to assist patients who have fallen through the cracks of traditional care. They either cannot afford dental visits or insurance, or do not qualify for medicaid, but after visiting the free dental clinic, they can return to work or school pain free.

Mission Metroplex provides transportation to the homeless, school children in criss, medical patients, and families in refugee programs who do not have other means to travel to work, school, medical appointments, or other classes. In 2022, Mission Metroplex transported 200 people on 7,600 trips. All clients are referred from the arlington isd, local hospital, and patient outreach programs or are residents of the local shelters. All transportation is provided free of charge. Arlington, tx lacks sufficient public transportation, so the goal of Mission Metroplex is to transport people who otherwise could not get to job interviews, work, school, or other crucial appointments.