Hope Faith Ministries Inc

Programs: Hope faith ministires is an equipping day center for the homeless and less fortunate in the urban core of kansas city. We provide a centralized location for our clients to receive targeted services to meet their emotional, physical, mental, and spiritual needs. Our primary programs include daily nutritious hot meals, new beginnings, furniture program, laundromat, men/women/children clothing shops, barber shop, private showers, and a computer lab for job training and resume writing. Nutritional services provided include: 87,819 nutritious hot meals served (monday through saturday), emergency food pantry and 9,290 pounds of produce harvested from the community garden. Structural services include: locker storage, 6,380 individuals clothed and provided hygiene products through men's women's & children's clothing shops, 6,869 private hot showers annually, music program, communication services (mail, phone, email, id/birth certificate assistance, financial training, life skills classes, and computer lab utilized by 352 people monthly. Transportation services include: local bus passes, greyhound bus tickets (for funerals/emergency assistance throughout the u. S. ), and monthly bus passes for our transitional internship program participants. Medical services include: medical clinic, dental clinic, vision clinic, emergency first aid services/wound care, prescription assistance program, truman & swope behavioral health outreach. 806 individuals treated at medical clinics, 310 scripts written by clinics, 207 individuals treated at vision clinics, and 297 individuals treated at dental clinics. Job & situation management services include: resume writing & job search program, emergency clothing (daily), ged program, work uniforms assistance, transitional internship program, sewing center, over 1,286 households provided furniture through the new beginnings furniture program, community referrals & resources, diaper distribution, ex-offender outreach, veterans served through veterans outreach, juvenile offender outreach, human trafficking outreach, library resource center, and synergy outreach services (youth). Spiritual growth services include: sunday services, bible studies, discipleship & leadership development, mentoring, and music/drama/arts.