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THE
PLAN
On February 26, 2008 GSRM opened the doors
to its new Men’s Emergency Shelter. The first night the
shelter opened, five men came to GSRM doors and found a great
answer. Check out the following links to see some of the media
coverage.
We have had great response
to the need to open the Men’s Shelter in Bay City, but
we are just a little short of the overall campaign goal. We
raised everything needed to get the structural repairs completed,
but are a little short in covering upcoming operational cost.
GSRM needs the prayerful, physical, and financial support from
people like you in order to be able to provide for those in
desperate need in this community.
Since opening 94% of the people receiving
shelter services at Good Samaritan Rescue Mission do
not return as homeless.
Our success rate is high because we take
the time to appropriately assist clients in solving their problems
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From
Jan 1 to June 30, 2006 there were
11,950 adult homeless singles in Michigan |
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66% were men in
their 40’s and 50’s |
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41% have no income |
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69% have income less than $500 per month |
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62% have a mental or physical disability, substance
abuse problem, or temporary health condition |
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OUR
HISTORY
In the summer of 2001, representatives
of the Bay Area Continuum of Care asked for help from the City
Rescue Mission of Saginaw to establish a shelter in Bay City.
The Bay County gaps analysis showed the need
for additional emergency shelter beds for homeless women and
children, and no member of the Continuum could address this
need. City Rescue Mission leadership agreed to work with the
Continuum to find a solution.
The Good Samaritan Rescue Mission opened on March
23, 2005. Since the opening, GSRM has provided over 1,000 residents
with safe shelter, nutritious meals, Christian counseling,
personal need items, clothing and client advocacy.
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PHASE
II CAMPAIGN
The goal is to fully address the needs
faced by homeless men, to assist them with the immediate need
for shelter, and to provide the tools that will lead them to
become productive members of the community.
Each resident will be guided through a case plan
by our staff that will address the issues that caused their
homelessness.
Services include emergency shelter, meals, laundry
facilities, clothing, hygiene products, and client advocacy.
The Rescue Mission staff will make referrals to other community
agencies such as: Bay Arenac Behavioral Health, Department of
Human Services, Veterans Association, Mid-Michigan Community
Action Agency, United Way, the Red Cross, and job training.
By addressing the
holistic needs of clients promptly, we help them avoid picking
up the debilitating lifestyles of a homeless subculture. Larger
cities have often failed in this regard by only providing shelter,
thus developing large subcultures of what are called the chronically
homeless. |
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