What it does
MERCED RESCUE MISSION: MISSION, VISION AND PURPOSE:Our MISSION is to exhibit the love and caring of Jesus Christ; transforming lives for those in our county who are in physcial and spirtual need.Our VISION is to be the hands, feet and voice of Christ in Merced County; advocating for the dispossessed, battered, hungry and destitute.Our PURPOSE is to continue the work of Jesus Christ through evangelizing, disciplining, and serving the spritual and physical needs of the disadvantages. We provide emergency subsistence and rehabilitation programs for men, women and families, including skills training for the intter-city poor. We also strive to inform and involve the public in caring for the poverty-stricken, with the ultimate goal being the restoration of the whole person.
Hope respite carethe hope respite care program - individuals experiencing homelessness who are discharged from the hospital into the hope respite program, receive whole person care coordination while they recover. This innovative collaboration includes relationships with mercy medical center merced, sutter memorial hospital los banos, central california alliance for health, golden valley health centers, and stanislaus state university. Our hope respite care locations are friendly, welcoming and offer participants access to the full suite of comprehensive health care services as well as case managers, transportation services, mail pick up housing navigation and access to supportive services.
The navigation centermission merced operates the navigation center which is emergency homeless services for people living on the streets (daily meals, showers, clothing, shelter, etc.). This program is a service-rich environment where golden valley health centers operates a clinic, the behavioral health department provides a staff person, and the human service agency provides a staff person. The navigation center is also staffed with a full-time housing navigator and case managers. This is a co-ed and pet-friendly environment. The goal of this program is to help people find permanent housing.
The bridge to hope program mission merced operates the bridge to hope program is similar to the navigation center, where 6 to 8 share a house a house manager. The goal of this program is to get people into permanent supportive housing and to help people find jobs while becoming indpendent.