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Applied in 2006

Continuum of Care

Bay Area Rescue Mission

Program Facts

  • Paid (FTE) Staff Working: 20.5
  • Program Participants Last Year: 12000
  • Meets about 1000 time(s) with each participant per month
  • Participants remain in the program for 12 months

Volunteers

Volunteers per month: 500

Volunteers are trained:

Volunteer Training
AlwaysRarely

Volunteers are actively recruited:

Volunteer Recruiting
AlwaysRarely

Board Activities

  • Formally reviews the performance of the chief executive officer at least once every two years.
  • Formally approves the budget.
  • Ensures that arrangements with outside fund raising firms are made in writing.
  • Receives information about the financial arrangements with such firms and, if applicable, the anticipated portion of the gross proceeds that goes to the organization.
  • Has formally approved a conflict of interest policy and regularly monitors it to ensure adherence.
  • Receives, at least quarterly, the organization's financial statement.
  • Receives, at least annually, an auditor's management letter and report.
  • Convenes an audit committee.

Outcomes & Measures: (self-reported)

Outcome 1
The Bay Area Rescue Mission provides meals to more than 12,000 men, women, and children annually.

Measure
Statistically the number of meals served to men, women, and children is recorded daily, and then tallied on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.

Outcome 2
The Bay Area Rescue Mission provides both Transient Bed/Nights and Program Bed/Nights to men, women, and children up to 325 beds.

Measure
Statistical data from the Family Shelter, the Men's Dorm, and the Recovery Program is gathered, tallied, and analyzed monthly, quarterly, and annually.

Outcome 3
The Bay Area Rescue Mission regularly helps impoverished community members who are not homeless to avoid homelessness by providing services such as food boxes, furniture/housewares, and clothing.

Measure
Community services provided to persons not staying in the Mission's facilities are tallied statistically on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.

Outcome 4
The Bay Area Rescue Mission strives to help prevent homelessness in the future through its services to at-risk children and youth.

Measure
The Mission's Rescue the Children King's Club provides services for at-risk children and youth in five key areas of development: spiritual, academic, physical, social, and emotional. Each category has approximately 3 to 5 measurable outcomes to help analyze its success.

Outcome 5
Men, women, and children who come to the Bay Area Rescue Mission are given the opportunity to place their faith in Jesus Christ, with the ultimate goal: the restoration of the whole person through the atoning blood of Jesus.

Measure
Statistical data on the Professions of Faith, Chapel Attendance, and Bible Study are maintained and analyzed on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.

Change Process: (self-reported)

People who come to the Bay Area Rescue Mission in great need quite often undergo a metamorphosis of change. They are invited to establish a personal relationship with God through His Son Jesus Christ. They discover that they have an intrinsic value established by God. This realization opens the door for dramatic lifestyle changes. The addicted are delivered. The uneducated and unskilled become educated and skilled. Individuals who have shattered relationships with family and friends quite often see these relationships restored.