Coachella Valley Rescue Mission

CVRM's Family House serves abused and homeless women and children fleeing domestic violence, trafficking, and substance abuse. The Family House's is safe environment allows mothers and their children to thrive in a structured, organized, purposeful area and can house 14 mothers and 28 children. Children exiting the program have a robust support system, and the mothers have a working idea of how to run a home and care for their children. CVRM has seven rooms and one flex room in our Family House. Each room accommodates two moms and their children. Children exiting the program have a robust support system, and the mothers have a working idea of how to run a home and care for their children.

CVRM's Family House is twelve years old. The six bathrooms each need repair. These six bathrooms have housed over 180 women and their children in the last six months. This project will provide new toilets and countertops for each of the six bathrooms. The vanities were initially custom-made, making off-the-counter vanities unavailable to purchase. CVRM will work with Arizona Tile to buy and JC Tile to fabricate the countertops for each bathroom. Under the bed, storage units will complete project.

The Coachella Valley Rescue Mission shelters 300 individuals and provides a bed, shower, clothing, case management to 150 overnight guests and another 150 in our short to long-term Gateway and New Life Programs, which are three to nine-month programs.

The CVRM Family Shelter is a safe shelter for 15 women and 30 children in crisis. CVRM is open 24 hours a day, so there is always a bed in an emergency, no matter the time of day or night, for a mother and her children. CVRM provides a safe place to rest and a nurturing environment to recover.

The women and children each have a case manager to assist them with behavioral and physical health issues, referrals to agencies, housing, daycare, and job searches. The Anderson Children's Foundations grant will provide a banquette and table to allow more children, along with their mothers, an opportunity to dine together. Research shows that some of the benefits of family dinners are: better academic performance, higher self-esteem, lower risk of substance abuse, lower risk of depression, lower likelihood of developing eating disorders, lower rates of obesity.”

Since 1971, the Rescue Mission has strived to meet the ever-growing needs of individuals, who for a variety of reasons have found themselves without the necessities of life. A dedicated staff and volunteers serve more than 360,000 hot meals annually and provide 100,000 nights of safe shelter to men, women and children. Food, clothing, and showers are provided for those who do not shelter at the Mission. More information on how to help support the Rescue Mission, and their programs, can be found at CVRM.org. The Coachella Valley Rescue Mission is located at 47-470 Van Buren Street in Indio.

The Coachella Valley Rescue Mission, based in Indio, provides emergency food, shelter, transitional housing programs with case management and wrap-around services to men, women and children. CVRM also assists those hovering on the edge of homelessness by providing food boxes, meals, and a cooling / warming center. Every year, CVRM hosts Back to School backpack and Holiday toy giveaways. Last year, over 3000 unduplicated individuals were provided emergency services. Of those, 162 were children with their mothers. Over 80% of these children and their moms went on to live in CVRM Family House. Of these clients, over 75% arrived seeking rest and refuge after fleeing domestic violence without sufficient resources to support themselves and their children. While in residence, mothers participate in CVRM 6-12 month residential programs designed to restore them and their children to the community.

The number of homeless mothers with children arriving at CVRM has increased dramatically. Many reside in the Emergency Annex Shelter while waiting for either a vacancy in the Family House or a referral to other housing. CVRM also assists families hovering on the edge of homelessness by providing food boxes, meals, and a cooling / warming center. Every year, CVRM hosts Back to School backpack and Holiday toy giveaways.

Grant funding will enhance existing Family House Dayroom furniture to family friendly designed, hygienic and durable furniture that will hold up to the use of hundreds of children and moms.

CVRM's goal is to provide children and their mothers safe and secure refuge and services as a stepping stone for these families to move forward and return to the community as happy, healthy and independent.

The Coachella Valley Rescue Mission, based in Indio, provides emergency food, shelter, transitional housing programs with case management and wrap-around services to men, women and children. Last year, 1489 unduplicated individuals were provided emergency shelter. Of those, 162 were children with their mothers. Over 65% of these children and their moms went on to live in CVRM Family House. Of these clients, over 85% arrived seeking rest and refuge after fleeing domestic violence without sufficient resources to support themselves and their children. While in residence, mothers participate in CVRM 12 month residential programs designed to restore them and their children to the community.

The number of homeless mothers with children arriving at CVRM has increased dramatically. Many reside in the Emergency Annex Shelter while waiting for either a vacancy in the Family House or a referral to other housing. A portion of the ACF grant will fund a shaded playground set for these children along with shaded picnic tables for their moms. The remainder of the grant funding will be used to enhance the existing security system to add 3 cameras to monitor the Family House Inner Courtyard as well as outer areas leading to the Family House entry gates.

CVRM's goal is to provide children and their mothers safe and secure refuge and services as a stepping stone for these families to move forward and return to the community as happy, healthy and independent.