About the Atlantic City Rescue Mission

A nonprofit, Christian social service ministry helping the poor and homeless in southern New Jersey since 1964. People who have no home receive practical help, counseling, and Christian compassion. Through effective, innovative, Christian-based recovery programs, people are brought from despair into a productive, good quality of life within the community.

Read the Mission Statement

Who do we help?

• Poor and homeless men, women, and families in southern New Jersey
• Deinstitutionalized mentally ill with no support
• Individuals addicted to alcohol, drugs, and gambling
• Elderly or disabled with no family and little income

How do we help them?

• Meals in our dining hall
• Safe shelter for men, women, and single mothers with children
• 18-month residential homeless recovery (Overcomers Program)
• 120-day Work Readiness Program
• Individual and group counseling
• Two chapel services each day
• Daily Bible studies
• Job placement program, in partnership with local businesses
• Assistance in finding permanent housing
• Classes for our residents in life skills, parenting, GED/Literacy
• Transitional housing
  

How many people do we help?

• Serving 700 meals per day
• Housing 192 men, 60 women, and 9 families each night
• Provide an average of 280 emergency food baskets each month to local families in crisis

Statistics of how many people were helped at the Atlantic City Rescue Mission in the past decade

How is the Mission financed?

The Atlantic City Rescue Mission is not a government agency. We are a private nonprofit organization supported mainly through donations from individual people, businesses, and organizations in the community who care about the poor and homeless.

Who actually helps the people who come to the Mission?

The Mission employs full- and part-time paid staff and utilizes the talents of many generous volunteers.