The Volunteer Ministry Center (VMC) was established in 1987 and offers specialized services to individuals experiencing homelessness and those within our community who are in crisis. VMC maintains an impeccable record of fiscal responsibility and is supported by a competent, meticulous, and visionary board of volunteer directors. Every month, over 350 volunteers assist with a variety of tasks ensuring that clients are served with a host of services while keeping our budget lean. VMC’s programs include: The VMC Resource Center (housing focused transitional day shelter), The Bush Family Refuge (homeless prevention services), Minvilla Manor (permanent supportive housing complex with 57 apartments for disabled and formerly chronically homeless individuals), Street Outreach (engaging the most vulnerable and mentally-ill homeless), the VMC Dental Clinic (dental care for the homeless and very low income), and The Foyer (low-barrier housing focused emergency overnight shelter. The goal for all clients is housing. Utilizing case management and the ‘Housing First’ approach to ending homelessness, VMC assists individuals into permanent, supportive housing and provides the resources necessary to maintain housing. Once housing is achieved, the case management relationship continues until a level of self-sufficiency is reached, thus ensuring success.
