Program areas at St Mary's Community Services
Fr. Alan mccoy dining room nutritional, tasty, well balanced meals are prepared and served 365 days a year by staff with the assistance of many Community volunteers. Guests have access to a hot breakfast, lunch and dinner each day. More than 226,528 meals were served in 2023.
Kara brewer family clothing and hygiene center: this facility provides access to showers, hygiene products and clean season appropriate clothing to men, women, and children. There were 1,254 unduplicated men seen in the men's hygiene center in 2023, providing 31,116 showers, 3,500 haricuts, and 11,708 pairs of shoes. In the women's and children's hygiene center, the unduplicated number for 2023 was 862 women and 154 children, providing a total of 31,116 showers. Additional Services provided to the women and children were diapers, formula, clothing, shoes and haircuts.
Outreach: the social Services program provides case management Services to guests of the agency. Services include assistance with completing applications for various benefit programs, assistance locating housing, immigration issues, assistance translating documents and general assistance with navigating other agencies both private and governmental. This program partners with the court system and other partners in providing our Community's only homeless court. This court provides homeless clients with the opportunity to pay for fines through completing Community service volunteer hours. The program also hosts aa, na and victims of domestic violence support groups. In 2023 we assisted 614 unduplicated clients with a total of 5,989 visits to our social Services department. In addition, the outreach team reached out to 2,421 unduplicated homeless individuals located in encampments in the Community.
St. raphael's dental clinic: clients receive dental care for their ailments. All Services are provided by dentists and hygienists who volunteer their time. More than 700 unduplicated patients received care in the dental clinic in 2023.
Sheltering: the agency took on sheltering in september of 2023. They provide low barrier emergency sheltering to men, women and families. In addition to the low barrier lodges, they offer a care unit for those individuals in need of recuperative care. In the last four months of 2023, they provided a total of 27,264 beds to 506 unduplicated men and 153 unduplicated women.
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