Program areas at The Springs Rescue Mission
Donation Center: The Donation Center is here for families and individuals struggling with poverty and in need. Our clothing store and distribution center make Springs Rescue Mission (SRM) one of El Paso County's key providers of life's essential items. The Donation Center is strategically networked to provide the right help as quickly as possible through our extensive partnerships with other local agencies. To not duplicate services, SRM focuses on areas that will create impact in the lives of the impoverished in our community in the area of basic living needs. In fiscal year 2024, over $4 MM worth of essential items, including clothing, hygiene and winterwear were distributed.
Samaritan's Kitchen - Meals & Food Program: Our meal program provides hot meals seven days a week in a cafeteria-style facility. During fiscal year 2024, Samaritan's Kitchen provided more than 211,000 hot meals in our kitchen- serving over 4,900 unique individuals. Samaritans Kitchen operates as a training kitchen to help provide employability skills and core competencies to help folks gain employment in the marketplace. Employment training programs are integral to our purpose at the Springs Rescue Mission. Providing Work force training and a bit of hope can be an avenue to lasting change for those who are working to reach their goals. In FY 2024, our instructors issued 72 food handlers' cards. Additionally, over 230 unique individuals participated in culinary training.
Shelter Program: Over 133,000 bed nights provided to over 3,150 unique individuals in our tiered shelter system. People seeking shelter are admitted to the Entry shelter for relief and recue services, including food, clothing, and community connection. Our goal is to provide folks with resources and support to pursue recovery, restoration, and community reintegration, through voluntary programing.
Resource Center: The Resource Center provides the support necessary for individuals to recover from chronic homelessness through relationships with compassionate case managers. The highly personalized services are structured to meet the needs of our guests. Resource Center Case Managers have been trained to help homeless guests construct personalized recovery plans that focus on housing, work, and health solutions. Through partner agencies and SRM internal programs, guests are able to transition into healthy housing solutions.
New Life Program - Men's Recovery Program: Springs Rescue Mission currently provides an 10-17 month no-cost men's residential rehabilitation program which comes alongside men who are on a journey from brokenness and addiction to a transformed life of wholeness based on a relationship with Jesus Christ. In fiscal 2024, the New Life Program averaged 20 indivduals per day in our 60-bed facility. The New Life Program graduated 6 individuals in fiscal year 2024.
In FY24, the filing organization transferred the majority of its real property into a new 501(c)(3) supporting organization, SRM Legacy Foundation. Going forward, real property used for program purposes will be held by the Foundation for additional liability protection, but the properties will still be utilized by SRM and the transfer will have no impact on SRM's program operations and activities.