THE
DRMM ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION:
The Detroit Rescue Mission
Ministries annually provides…
1,000,000 meals to the homeless and hungry which are served at seven
facilities located throughout Detroit and Highland Park.
More than 160,000 nights of emergency shelter for homeless men,
women, and children.
Transitional housing and substance abuse treatment for over 1,700
men and 850 women.
Transitional housing provisions for 12 teen mothers with children at
our Genesis House I.
Over 1,000 inner-city children given a summer camping experience at
our Wildwood Ranch located in
Howell,
MI.
Spiritual guidance and empowerment to more than 1,000 people daily.
Recreation and prevention programs for 75 children in
Highland Park
and
Detroit
on a weekly basis throughout the year.
More than 75,000 clothing items provided to the needy from DRMM
clothing bank.
Residential substance abuse treatment for 300 incarcerated men under
the jurisdiction of the Michigan Department of Corrections and the
Wayne County Community Justice system.
Inpatient substance abuse treatment and detoxification services for
1,300 addicted and uninsured men and women throughout
Wayne
County.
Transitional Jobs, Case Management, Spiritual Mentoring, and Housing
assistance for over 650 men and women returning to the community
from prison.
Compelling Needs
In
Detroit,
there are over 18,000 homeless people in need of shelter on any
given night.
Detroit
Rescue
Mission
Ministries is providing over 600 of them emergency, transitional and
permanent housing.
30% of them are chronically homeless. 25% of them are children.
Over 15,000 people
live on the streets each night in abandoned buildings or “doubled
up” with family or friends.
Over 10,000 families in
Wayne
County
will become homeless at least once during the next year.
Families
now constitute 49% of the number of homeless persons per year. |
