Program areas at Phoenix Rescue Mission
1. Hope for hunger - hope for hunger is a food ministry of Phoenix Rescue Mission's Mission sharing program. The Mission sharing program distributes food and household goods to help meet the needs of low-income individuals and families and engages them for Rescue. Food, clothing, water, hygiene items, and household goods are distributed to individuals and families, as well as to other agencies serving people in need. Infused with the love of christ, the food bank is a true beacon of hope to the community, a place where caring volunteers come together to provide emergency food for struggling children, families and seniors in glendale and parts of peoria and Phoenix. Every day, hope for hunger food bank provides emergency food along with case management and job assistance for roughly 160 families each day and volunteers serve as the hands and feet of jesus creating healthier, stronger futures and lives transformed.
3. Transforming lives center for men - the transforming lives center (tlc) serves homeless men and men in poverty. Currently, it houses up to 360 men with life-controlling problems throughout various stages of recovery. The tlc offers both long-term, as well as short-term solutions. Clients participate in discipleship including class work, recovery meetings, work therapy, mentoring, group and individual counseling, and vocational development. The program focuses on healing the total person. The tlc ended the year with 392 individuals enrolled in the program.
2. Changing lives center for women & children - transformations is our total person recovery program for homeless, or near homeless women and women with children. It offers a blend of discipleship, recovery services, group therapy, and vocational and educational services. We house up to 175 women and children, whether battling addiction, escaping domestic violence, or suffering trauma. They live in a secure, apartment-style housing with access to childcare as they receive counseling, life skills education, and career assistance. The demand for services to women and children is growing rapidly. We've gone from serving approximately 40 women and children per day in 2011 when the changing lives center first opened, to nearly 86 women and children per day in the past year.