LEXINGTON RESCUE MISSION

OUTREACH SERVICES - In 2025, we ministered to 307 people who were experiencing homelessness, including providing overnight shelter, daytime shelter, and help getting off the street. During the winter months, our team managed 20 motel rooms for the citys emergency winter shelter efforts, providing 65 people with overnight shelter in the coldest months. Year-round, the mission welcomed anyone who was homeless to our daytime shelter, where they received help meeting their immediate needs, including mail, laundry, showers, and supplies, and help connecting to critical services, including addiction treatment. We were able to help 55 people off the streets and into residential substance abuse treatment programs. In 2025, our Homeless Intervention Program team helped 66 homeless households move into housing, including 80 adults and 27 children, by providing housing counseling, rent assistance, case management, and support. After six months, 73% of our clients had still maintained their rental housing. Our team also prevented 20 seniors from eviction by partnering with the social workers at Connie Griffith and Ballard Towers, across the street from the mission. By working with them, we were able to intervene in situations in which their senior residents were on the brink of eviction to help stabilize them and prevent homelessness. In 2025, the Lexington Rescue Mission served more meals to hungry men, women, and children than ever before. We served 49,417 community meals, 15,084 meals to our residents, and 3,462 meals for holidays and programs such as Circles and Steady Hands, for a total of 67,963 meals. In 2025, we served 2,343 people including 1,570 new clients through walk-in hours, offering a listening ear, prayer, and help meeting their basic needs. After moving into our new building in the spring, we more than doubled the number of people we were serving daily through walk-ins, with clients coming in for 5,007 visits. Walk-in hours also served the key point of connection to other services in the new building, including connecting 253 people to Jubilee Jobs and 155 people to the Isaiah House Community Health Center. Further-more, our Resource Coordinators provided 900 follow-up case management sessions to 258 people, helping them to take steps out of poverty, and they achieved 372 of their goals toward stability.

RESTORATIVE SERVICES - In 2025, we housed 89 men and 23 women in our transitional homes, providing them with the support they needed to rebuild their lives on Jesus Christ. While they were in the program and upon exit, they achieved the following outcomes: 50 volunteered in the community, 67 gained employment, 87 maintained sobriety, 41 reunified with family, 3 returned to rehab, 6 moved to permanent housing, and 14 were baptized. The average number of days residents stayed at the Potters House was 48 days, House of Hope was 170 days, and Grace Place was 334 days. Upon program exit, 23 residents left the program successfully and 46 left in poor standing. Last year, we saw significant improvements in residents getting involved in their churches, engaging with mentors, and developing deeper community as well as growing in their relationship with Christ. We are so thankful for the ways He is moving in their lives.