Continuum of Care

Program Mission Statement:

(self-reported)

The Bay Area Rescue Mission provides a multi-dimensional "Continuum of Care" program to homeless and hurting men, women, and children from throughout the Greater San Francisco Bay Area. The Mission seeks to minister to the needs of the whole person - physical, emotional, spiritual, and mental. The Mission also seeks to improve each clients marketable skills so that they can become self-sufficient, self-reliant contributing members of society.

Score Summary

Overall Score:	Excellent
Practice Principles:	Excellent
Faith Related Elements:	Excellent
Outcome Measures:	Excellent
Change Process:	Excellent

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

Board Activities

Funding Overview

(self-reported)

	This Program	This Organization
Organization Budget: $6,138,237 Program Budget: $4,991,240
Foundation Grants	8%	8%
Government Grants/Contracts	0%	0%
Individual Gifts	73%	73%
Business/Corporate Gifts	14%	14%
Congregation/Denominational Gifts	5%	5%
Dues/Fees/Income	0%	0%
Other	0%	0%
	Average Program Funding From All Samaritan Programs	Average Organization Funding From All Samaritan Organizations
The next charts display the average funding sources for all programs currently in the Samaritan Guide for your comparison. Average Organization Budget: $3,820,907 Average Program Budget: $313,091
Foundation Grants	24%	18%
Government Grants/Contracts	4%	8%
Individual Gifts	33%	33%
Business/Corporate Gifts	8%	8%
Congregation/Denominational Gifts	11%	10%
Dues/Fees/Income	7%	9%
Other	10%	11%

It is important to maintain diverse income sources for your programs and for your oganization as a whole. Doing so provides long-term financial stability to your organizations and programs. It is also important to note that government funding often comes with stipulations and restrictions. More information is available in the Raising Resources Toolkit - pdf.

Score Details

Program Focus
Program Mission	Clarity and specificity of the program's mission statement.	Excellent
Target Population	Clarity and specificity of the programs target clientele.	Good
Eligibility Criteria	Clarity and specificity of the program's eligibility criteria.	Excellent
Program Requirements	Well defined requirements for client participation.	Better
Referrals From Other Organizations	Do other organizations recommend this program to their clientele.	Excellent
Referrals to Other Organizations	Does this program recommend other programs to their clients?	Better
Volunteer to Staff Ratio	Are volunteers effectively incorporated into the program?	Better
Past Participant Recruiting	Are past program participants recruited as volunteers?	Good
Evaluation and Practice Princples
Practice Principles	How supports and resources are provided to increase outcomes.	Excellent
Outcome Measurement	The ability to measure stated program outcomes.	Excellent
Change Process	Specific and measurable statement of the program's goals.	Excellent
Faith Related Elements	Integration of faith related elements.	Excellent
Measurement Frequency	Frequency of measuring client outcomes.	Excellent
Program Evaluation	Level of the budget allocated to measuring client outcomes.	Excellent
Institutional Stability
Organization Age	A measure of the organization's durability.	Excellent
Board Oversight	How involved in the program are the members of its board?	Excellent
Program Duration	Average duration of a clients participation with a program.	Better
Finances
Budget Diffusion	Diversity of the programs funding sources.	Good
Government Funding	Does this program accept little or no government funding?	Excellent

Program Score Details

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Outcomes & Measures:

(self-reported)

Scoring for this section is based on the organizations ability to provide at least three clear and specific outcomes with corresponding measures in which a relationship is shown between outcomes and measures.

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

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

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

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

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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 Used:
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.

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

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Change Process:

(self-reported)

Scoring for this section is based on the organizations ability to provide clear, measurable, client-focused stages of change based on participant participation.

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.

End Notes

Incomplete Applications

Significant decreases in certain scores may indicate failure to comprehensively complete certain sections of the Samaritan Award application. Please be sure to fill out every question in the Samaritan Award application.

Relative Scoring

Total program scores are partially computed against other programs from within the same pool of applications and so are not cumulative.

Additional Reference Material

More information on scoring and methodology may be found on the Samaritan Guide and Award website.

Acton Institute Relationship

The Samaritan Guide and Samaritan Award are projects run by the Acton Institute. Inclusion in the Guide does not signify endorsement by the Acton Institute. More information on why the Acton Institute runs this project is available online.