Program areas at Phoenix Rescue Mission
1. Hope for hunger -the Mission sharing program has a variety of services that distribute food, clothing, water, hygiene items, and household goods to individuals and families throughout the Phoenix metro area. The hope for hunger food bank and mobile pantries distribute food to households facing food insecurity. Community events are large outreach events designed to provide basic goods to low-income families. Case managers work with Mission sharing participants to achieve short and long-term goals by connecting them to other services in the community and enrolling them in prm's vocational development program. This program serves an average of 2,855 households with food each month.
3. Transforming lives center for men - the transforming lives center (tlc) serves up to 360 adult men with crisis residential placement, behavioral health, and addiction recovery services. The programs offered at the center aim to Rescue people from crisis situations into a safe, supportive environment and place them on a path to achieving sustainable goals. Clients battling substance abuse, mental health conditions, and other life-controlling problems participate in a 12-month program that provides rehabilitation and life skills classes, individual counseling, workforce development and job placement, case management, and christian discipleship.
2. Changing lives center for women & children -the changing lives center serves up to 100 adult women and 50 children with crisis residential placement, behavioral health, and addiction recovery services, and childcare. The programs offered at the center aim to Rescue people from crisis situations into a safe, supportive environment and place them on a path to achieving sustainable goals. Clients battling substance abuse, mental health conditions, and other life-controlling problems participate in a 12-month program that provides rehabilitation and life skills classes, individual counseling, workforce development and job placement, case management, childcare, and christian discipleship.
Homeless outreachhomeless outreach is a mobile outreach program that provides services to people experiencing homelessness across the valley. Nearly every day of the year, hope coach vehicles travel the streets, offering water, hygiene kits, socks, and other items to men, women, and families living in places not meant for human habitation. Outreach case managers set case plans with participants, connect them to resources, and follow up consistently to keep them on track to reach their goals. The program helps an average of 71 people each month get off the streets and into a safe residential setting.program support and other programsvocational development is a comprehensive program that provides clients with the opportunity to master basic academic and employment skills and move from financial instability to economic security. The program supports clients with academic advancement, financial literacy, job preparation, and job placement. Clients are offered opportunities to use grant funds from the workforce innovation and opportunity act (wioa) to take advantage of vocational certification opportunities. Prm's vocational development department maintains relationships with a host of employers in several sectors who have an employment pipeline for qualified prm graduates.