Rescue Mission Alliance

Starting as the Oxnard Rescue Mission in 1972, the Ventura County Rescue Mission has grown to help many homeless men, women and children of the Ventura County area.

It is estimated that on any given night there are 3,000 to 4,000 homeless men, women and children in Ventura County. Starting as the Oxnard Rescue Mission in 1972, the Ventura County Rescue Mission has grown to help many homeless men, women and children by providing food, clothing, and shelter.

The Rescue Mission is open every hour, every day, and every year. It is the only year-round emergency shelter in the county for men and they support a comprehensive, faith-based Residential program for recovery from addictions and destructive patterns of life.

 

Their experience has been that nearly all homeless people want to change; they simply don’t know how to go about it. Even more difficult for some is how to get to the point of making that initial commitment. Often fear stands in the way. Fear of the unknown, of failure, and even success can slice like a knife through one’s will to start.

Once the choice is made to begin, clients enter a 9-month recovery program divided into three phases. During the 9-month program a wide range of individual services are available to the resident. Among them are: The Learning Center, assistance with law enforcement, parole officers, courts, immigration, child welfare or other agencies.

 

The Rescue Mission has served the homeless for more than 34 years and with the love and support from Lennar Charitable Housing Foundation, as well as many others, they will continue to help improve lives for many more years to come.