Everyday, Throughout the year, we serve over 3500 meals, we help over 1600 people

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The Harry B. and Leona M. Helmsley Trust awards funds to construct 10 housing units for homeless fathers with children and homeless mothers with older sons

The Harry B. and Leona M. Helmsley Trust has awarded Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries $200,000 to construct space to house up to ten homeless fathers with children and homeless mothers with older boys.  Over the course of the next five years, these renovations will allow us to provide family-conducive space and quality services for 250 homeless people.

Male-headed households and older homeless boys find it difficult to find accommodations in their family unit in shelters because they are designed with communal showers for women.  Splitting up an otherwise intact family, adds further trauma and difficulty to an already difficult situation.   The Helmsley Trust award will allow DRMM to renovate a floor of one of its buildings to provide each family with separate and secure space for the family unit as well as to provide private sleeping and bathing facilities.  

The first clients will be admitted when renovations are completed by Summer 2011.  Whether the shelter we provide is only needed for two weeks to thirty days or for a much longer period (up to two years), we expect that all residents will have their basic health status stabilized; 45% will find or return to employment; and at least 75% will discharge to stable, permanent housing.