Denver Rescue Mission

Full Name:	Denver Rescue Mission
EIN:	84-6038762
Tax Status:	501(c)(3)
Website:	www.DenverRescueMission.org
Address:	3501 East 46th Ave Denver, CO 80216

Mission:	Mission Founded in 1892, the Denver Rescue Mission is the oldest full-service Christian charity serving the poor and needy in the Rocky Mountain region. The Denver Rescue Mission exists to meet people at their physical and spiritual points of need. It is our aim to return the poor, needy and homeless to society as self-sufficient, productive community members. We do this through meals, shelter, food and clothing distribution, education, medical care, Christian counseling, case management, work discipline, transitional housing programs, and assistance for permanent housing. Programs The Lawrence Street Shelter is the Mission''s most recognizable location. Many refer to it simply as "Jesus Saves," because of the neon Jesus Saves sign that adorns the corner of the building. This facility shelters up to 200 men nightly, 300 in inclement weather. Emergency care is provided through meals, shelter, food boxes and clothing distribution. Our clinic is also located here and provides medical care mainly for program residents. Champa House is a long-term New Life rehabilitation program in a residential setting, offering help toward self-sufficiency to single mothers and their dependent children. Harvest Farm, located in Wellington, Colorado (near Fort Collins), is a rural New Life rehabilitation program for men. Harvest Farm is a fully operating farm and ranch with food and clothing distribution, youth camps, and a fall festival with a corn maze. The Crossing offers a long-term New Life rehabilitation program for men; transitional housing for homeless families, single men and women, and New Life Program graduates; and temporary housing for interns and visitors. Many of our offices for our program staff are also located at The Crossing. Ministry Outreach Center is home to our administrative offices and central warehouse. We distribute clothing, food boxes, household goods, and furniture from this location. Family Services provides transitional housing, assistance for permanent housing, and mentoring for homeless working families, single men and women, seniors, and refugee families. Global Ministry Outreach offers consultation, resources and support to city and rescue missions around the world.
Description:	Denver Rescue Mission at Lawrence Street is our main shelter. Their kitchen staff provide three meals every day of the year for anyone at no charge. This shelter sleeps 110 or more men each night, 47 of these men participating in the New Life Rehabilitation Program. New Life is a long-term program for men and women and is offered at the Mission, Champa House, and Harvest Farm. Champa House is our transitional housing facility for women with dependent children, a safety net for homeless mothers. At rural Harvest Farm, 60 men participate in New Life while raising crops and livestock. All house Literacy Education Centers with individualized education programs for New Life residents. Using the latest software to gain basic academic skills, students pursue GEDs and specific job training skills or begin higher education pursuits. DRM provides health services at no cost. The shelters' Health Clinic provides non-emergency medical, optical, dental, and chiropractic services for those with no affordable access to health care. The Pros With A Purpose program places homeless working families in permanent homes with emotional, spiritual, and financial mentors. The Mission's two childcare facilities provide daycare and education for children infant through age six. Up to half of these children receive the Missions tuition assistance through scholarships given to low-income families. DRM's Client Services program provides emergency assistance with free food, clothing, toiletries, overnight housing, and extensive referral networks while also ministering to the emotional and spiritual needs of those in crisis. The Ministry Outreach Center warehouses and distributes tons of food and clothing locally, nationally and overseas. The volunteers of the Denver Rescue Mission provide every in-kind gift and service imaginable, giving generously of their time and talents.

Mission:

Mission
Founded in 1892, the Denver Rescue Mission is the oldest full-service Christian charity serving the poor and needy in the Rocky Mountain region. The Denver Rescue Mission exists to meet people at their physical and spiritual points of need. It is our aim to return the poor, needy and homeless to society as self-sufficient, productive community members. We do this through meals, shelter, food and clothing distribution, education, medical care, Christian counseling, case management, work discipline, transitional housing programs, and assistance for permanent housing.

Programs

The Lawrence Street Shelter is the Mission''s most recognizable location. Many refer to it simply as "Jesus Saves," because of the neon Jesus Saves sign that adorns the corner of the building. This facility shelters up to 200 men nightly, 300 in inclement weather. Emergency care is provided through meals, shelter, food boxes and clothing distribution. Our clinic is also located here and provides medical care mainly for program residents.

Champa House is a long-term New Life rehabilitation program in a residential setting, offering help toward self-sufficiency to single mothers and their dependent children.

Harvest Farm, located in Wellington, Colorado (near Fort Collins), is a rural New Life rehabilitation program for men. Harvest Farm is a fully operating farm and ranch with food and clothing distribution, youth camps, and a fall festival with a corn maze.

The Crossing offers a long-term New Life rehabilitation program for men; transitional housing for homeless families, single men and women, and New Life Program graduates; and temporary housing for interns and visitors. Many of our offices for our program staff are also located at The Crossing.

Ministry Outreach Center is home to our administrative offices and central warehouse. We distribute clothing, food boxes, household goods, and furniture from this location.

Family Services provides transitional housing, assistance for permanent housing, and mentoring for homeless working families, single men and women, seniors, and refugee families.

Global Ministry Outreach offers consultation, resources and support to city and rescue missions around the world.

Description:

Denver Rescue Mission at Lawrence Street is our main shelter. Their kitchen staff provide three meals every day of the year for anyone at no charge. This shelter sleeps 110 or more men each night, 47 of these men participating in the New Life Rehabilitation Program. New Life is a long-term program for men and women and is offered at the Mission, Champa House, and Harvest Farm. Champa House is our transitional housing facility for women with dependent children, a safety net for homeless mothers. At rural Harvest Farm, 60 men participate in New Life while raising crops and livestock. All house Literacy Education Centers with individualized education programs for New Life residents. Using the latest software to gain basic academic skills, students pursue GEDs and specific job training skills or begin higher education pursuits.
DRM provides health services at no cost. The shelters' Health Clinic provides non-emergency medical, optical, dental, and chiropractic services for those with no affordable access to health care. The Pros With A Purpose program places homeless working families in permanent homes with emotional, spiritual, and financial mentors. The Mission's two childcare facilities provide daycare and education for children infant through age six. Up to half of these children receive the Missions tuition assistance through scholarships given to low-income families. DRM's Client Services program provides emergency assistance with free food, clothing, toiletries, overnight housing, and extensive referral networks while also ministering to the emotional and spiritual needs of those in crisis. The Ministry Outreach Center warehouses and distributes tons of food and clothing locally, nationally and overseas. The volunteers of the Denver Rescue Mission provide every in-kind gift and service imaginable, giving generously of their time and talents.

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