The City Mission of Findlay

Residential Services.
All services to those who stay at the City Mission are provided without charge. The Refuge, Life House and Next Steps programs are available for both men and women. These programs are designed to build upon one another to give residents more time to address life issues.

The Refuge is the entry point into the Mission for each resident.  It is here that short-term emergency shelter is offered. The Refuge is designed to assist guests with immediate food and shelter. Refuge stays are one to seven nights

If someone staying in the Refuge chooses and he or she desires to work toward ending homelessness in his or her life the Life House is designed to provide for basic needs, guidance and support.  The Life House offers individuals both the time and resources to begin looking for work and a solution to their homelessness.  Life House stays are not limited by time. Instead, the length of someone's stay is based upon completion of program goals.

Next Steps works with individuals who choose to go deeper into the root causes of homelessness in their lives.  Next Step residents are required to go through the Life House before entering this phase of City Mission programming. In the Next Steps residents continue to work and save. Residents in the Next Steps work with the support of program staff to make choices that lead to change.  Again, Next Steps stays are not limited by time, but by the completion of program goals.

The NLDP (New Life Directions Program) is a long term, discipleship ministry of The City Mission.  Our goal is to see men become fruitful and faithful followers of Jesus Christ. We facilitate this through structured work, Biblical counseling, Bible study, and life skills classes.  Interested applicants will enter into an application process which consists of homework aimed toward examining the fruit and true nature of our hearts.  Upon review of this material the candidate will be either welcomed into the program or guided to a more suitable plan of action.  Currently we only offer this program for men. If a resident completes this six month program, he may enter Next Steps in order to begin saving toward independence.

Day Center Services.
The Day Center was founded in 2011 by a community collaboration aimed at meeting the very real need for daytime shelter and work space for the homeless in the area. A test program was started at the City Mission of Findlay, and has since become wholly integrated into the Mission's daily operations and programming. Not only does the Day Center offer daytime shelter, it also has daily life skills and spiritual growth group meetings, refreshments, a noon meal, job and housing search assistance, resume building, as well as continued support and encouragement to all who come in.
The Day Center is located in the front of the City Mission and is open 7 days a week from 8 am-3 pm.
Schedule.
 Monday - Friday
  8:00am - Open
  9:00am - Life Skills Group
10:15am - Spiritual Growth Group
12:00pm - Lunch (provided for Day Center participants only)
  3:00pm - Close

Food Services.
The food services offered at the City Mission are available to anyone who has need. People are welcome seven days a week at 4:30 pm. Please enter through the Day Center entrance on the front porch at the City Mission.
The City Mission provides meals for its residents and a nightly meal for the community at 4:30 pm.