About Path of Life Ministries

A total of 92% of all donations go directly to program services, with only 8% for administrative support of programs.

Your donation not only provides temporary emergency relief and support that keeps adults and children off the street, it also contributes to a stability that lasts a lifetime!

• Mission: To help people become productive in life by addressing barriers of dysfunction through the process of rescuing, restoring and rebuilding lives.

 

• Vision: A whole, healthy community with whole and healthy people.

 

• Objective: To build a holistic system of care, one component upon another, in an integrated and seamless manner.

What We Do

Path of Life Ministries is a dynamic group of community-minded individuals serving our city since 1998. We have become a premier non-profit agency committed to serving the greater Riverside homeless, challenged youth and family population with the goal of rescuing, restoring and rebuilding lives in our community.

One of our core guiding principles is grounded in partnering with the community. We accomplish this by extending our services through the help of our local collaborative partners, other providers and support agencies. This contributes to a holistic, community based solution that improves the social, economic and spiritual health and vitality of the poor, homeless, at risk youth and families.

Path of Life Ministries addresses significant barriers of dysfunction with people in crisis including children and families. Families are met first at their place of largest need with food, shelter and stabilization services; the rescue point. Next, the process of restoring and rebuilding begins through compassionate case management, housing, child care, health care services, community resources, life skills, financial literacy, and other wrap around services that are provided to promote self-sufficiency and family restoration.

Our Service Areas

Path of Life Ministries’ current capacity is 373 beds per night and serves the community in the areas of:

• Homelessness – two Emergency Shelters and one Transitional Housing Program with supportive services through a comprehensive case management plan that sets goals to attain an independent life and prevent the cycle of homelessness

 

• Youth Services – for challenged, at-risk children and youth population

 

• Health Care Services – ‘Health in Motion’, offered through our partner organization Health to Hope, provides mobile medical vehicle and a fixed site that deliver primary care healthcare services to the homeless

Noteworthy Statistics

According to the most recent statistics compiled for the 2013 Riverside County Homeless Count and Survey, there are an estimated 2,978 homeless people residing in Riverside County on any given day. Path of Life Ministries served 1,856 individuals and families in crisis in 2013, generating 102,660 bed nights or a total average stay of 55 days. In addition, 2,391 patients visited our Health to Hope medical clinics, receiving 1,657 prescriptions at no cost.

What You Can Do

PARTNER 

Please consider becoming a sustaining monthly donor.  Even at the $5 a month level, your financial support helps us deliver and expand critical services that meet families in crisis at the “Rescue” point, and begin to “Restore and Rebuild” their lives, bringing purpose and hope for a productive future.

VOLUNTEER 

Put your personal passion or expertise to work directly with our guests or even at the administrative level.  Know that any time you give goes directly to giving families a purpose and hope for a productive future.

DONATE 

You may have goods, equipment, or other items that our guests, our shelters, or our offices may need greatly.  Also, if you have clothes, we ask you to donate them to the Goodwill and give us the receipts. We have a partnership that allows us to get vouchers our guests can use to help meet their unique needs.

Thank You for Your Support!