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Short-Term Care

SHORT-TERM CARE
The number of women and children requiring emergency shelter, not just in Fresno but in the greater Fresno County area, continues to increase.  Families who have lost their home due to fire, loss of job, economic conditions, abuse or other life crises need a safe haven where they can find the resources and assistance they need to get on with their life.  

Previously known as the Emergency Family Shelter, Short-Term Care is the emergency component of Rescue the Children.  Short-Term Care offers up to 30 days temporary shelter for women with children, including food, clothing, personal care items, referrals to other agencies that can assist them, and most importantly the love and hope through the teachings of Jesus Christ.  A case manager works with the family to develop a strategy to promote a solid foundation for transition and self-sufficiency.  Short-Term Care is also the entry point into the Transforming Life Community.

 

Deborah Torres, Director of Women & Children's Services
2141 North Parkway Drive
Fresno CA 93705
(559) 227-2190, Ext 106

Last Updated Friday, May 24, 2013 - 01:13 AM.

Sammy & The Academy's "TEAM GOD"

 

Article appeared in Lighthouse News - December 2012 issue:

Sammy is blessed. To label him as such is in direct opposition to his autobiographical description. He was raised in a highly dysfunctional setting. He was introduced to drugs by the age of seven, when most young boys are still playing with GI Joes. He was part of a gang in his early teens and, as a result of that association and lifestyle, he spent most of his adult life imprisoned or institutionalized. All of these elements, in and of themselves, could easily render an individual hardened, illiterate, combustible, inarticulate and devoid of any social skills. Not Sammy. Sammy has been blessed by God.

After spending two decades behind bars for second degree murder (a drug related incident from his gang activities), Sammy was paroled, choosing to enter the Mission’s Academy (18 month rehabilitation and recovery program), in accordance with the terms of his release. He met the Lord while he was in prison, so finding a Christ-centered environment was his desire. “My greatest concern in coming to the program was the...
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