Mission: For three-quarters of a century, the Jimmie Hale Mission has been helping men afflicted by homelessness in downtown Birmingham through education remediation, job readiness and spiritual support.
However, recent statistics reveal that more than 90 percent of the homeless population in our community is plagued by substance abuse. To combat this, the Mission has shifted its focus from rescue to recovery. By addressing these deeper challenges we can help our clients once again become self-sufficient and productive citizens.
Our Active Recovery program is an in-depth, clinically-structured Christian group approach to helping residents understand and overcome the very issues that contribute to their substance abuse. In addition, each client works individually with a professional counselor throughout this 13 to 15-week process.
We also provide residents with an educational curriculum through our Stewart Learning Centers that includes adult basic education, GED preparation and workplace skill sets as well as training for accredited short-term certificates, industry-based certifications and collegiate enrollment.
This dynamic approach to recovery and independence is offered for free to those in need. Our mission is to transform adults directly affected by homelessness, poverty-thinking, and/or addiction, into those who lead healthy, self-sufficient, and productive lives for the glory of God. Genuine transformation begins here.
Target demographics: Men and women overcome homelessness and addiction
Geographic areas served: Birmingham, Alabama
Programs: Our resident-based recovery programs help men, women and children overcome homelessness and substance abuse by helping them address and combat the underlying causes of their situation, whatever they may be. We provide counseling services, education remediation, job readiness training, certification programs, GED assistance and much, much more.
Our services are provided at three locations: our main men's center, Jessie's Place for women and children and our Royal Pines men's center in Hayden, Alabama.
All of our services are provided at NO-COST to our clients.
Alcoholism had taken my job in Graphic design and nearly every relationship in my life. While my father and sisters never gave up on me, their hope was greatly diminished after ten years of abuse and refusal to seek any help. After being revived in the back of an ambulance in 1999, I was convinced that I needed help and was accepted in the program at the Jimmie Hale Mission. The instructors were able to restore my relationship with God by helping me reevaluate who I am and what my life could become. They helped to breath hope back into my life. This new understanding moved me to reassemble my priorities and become a teacher. I am so very grateful to the individuals who introduced me to Jimmie Hale Mission and I am forever grateful to the master craftsman, my Savior, Jesus Christ. Thank you Jimmie Hale Mission for the opportunity to live again.
The Jimmie Hale Mission serves our community in many ways.
One of those is through the individuals that find themselves in need of the services provided by the mission. It is a place to turn for so many that have no other options. But it is much more than that. It is a place where an individual can experience a changed life. I know this first hand because my life was changed though this awesome ministry. Wes
