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Anger Solutions NetworkHelps deliver people from the sinful controls of negative anger and creates an expanding community that lives by biblical, righteous anger principles. They encourage non-Christians and Christians to become more Christ-like by loving themselves and others. Bexar County Detention Ministries - Family Renewal CenterFacilitates the transformation of incarcerated adult and juvenile offenders into productive individuals with new direction and meaning for life. Assists in the successful reintegration from incarceration back into the local community. Empowers at risk people with the life skills necessary for lawful existence. Children’s Bereavement CenterThe Children’s Bereavement Center of South Texas helps children and their families who are grieving the death of someone significant by offering education, empathy, understanding, and peer support in an environment conducive to healing. Christian Assistance Ministry (CAM)Provides immediate assistance to all those in need in a caring and compassionate manner. The assistance provided includes food, clothing, emergency financial aid, nutrition education, job information, budget training, referrals to other agencies, counseling, and a day shelter for the homeless. Their focus is on preventing homelessness and moving people towards independence. Ecumenical Center for Religion and HealthAn ecumenical force for hope, dedicated to alleviating suffering and facilitating spiritual, physical and emotional healing and growth for our community and God’s world. The Center trains clergy and lay ministry care providers to deepen and develop their ability to personally respond to persons in need and to train others to provide appropriate caring in times of need. It is also a faith-based counseling center for children, adults, adolescents, couples and families. Food Bank of San AntonioWorks to acquire and distribute at the lowest possible cost adequate and nutritious food and related products to charitable organizations that provide for needy individuals and families. These organizations include: Boys and Girls Clubs East and West, Big Brothers in Christ, The Medina County Food Pantry, CAM, and the Family Violence Prevention Service and many others. Habitat for Humanity of San AntonioAn ecumenical, Christian organization working in partnership with people in need to build simple decent and affordable homes without interest or profit, thereby witnessing God’s love in action. Healy Murphy CenterProvides compassionate service to youth in crisis by focusing on individualized education in a nontraditional setting, early child development, and essential support services. Healy Murphy was the first accredited alternative high school in the state of Texas and is seeking accreditation for their day care center for children of teen mothers. House of Neighborly ServiceA bilingual Christian community center on the Westside serving children, adults and families of all faiths since 1917. Primary services include: “The Kid’s Place,” a licensed day care facility, free parent education programs for families with children under the age of four, weekly bread line ministry, adult education programs, health classes for seniors, and Time-Dollar System. House of Teens at the Divine Redeemer Presbyterian ChurchA west side community center. Loaves and FishesMonthly ministry to provide food and fellowship to the homeless and less fortunate providing them with toiletries and other supplies. Linda and Robert O’NaveFPC Contacts Mission Road MinistriesA community-based, church-sponsored organization with a call to minister to persons who are mentally handicapped by challenging them to achieve their full potential for independence, productivity, and inclusion in the community. Morningside MinistriesMorningside Manor offers assisted living, personal care, nursing care, special care units for residents with Alzheimer’s and other dementia-related conditions, and a full range of services that address the specialized needs of older adults through the Geriatric Rehabilitation Program. The Meadows Retirement CommunityFull service retirement community for those who enjoy gracious independent living and an active lifestyle. The Chandler Estate in Laurel Heights and Assisted Livingprovides apartments for independent living, assisted living, nursing care and special outreach services at the Chandler Senior Center. Morningside Home Health Carehelps devise a personal care plan directly with the family, through private-pay services, which includes personal care, housekeepers, homemakers, sitters and companions. Northeast Senior Assistance Faith in ActionWorks to actively reflect God’s Love by assisting persons sixty years and beyond living in the northeast San Antonio area who lack adequate social support. Volunteers provide services such as medical appointment transportation, grocery delivery services, and minor home repairs to help clients live independently in their own homes. Presbyterian Children’s HomeProvides a variety of Christ-centered services to children and families in need—regardless of race, gender, religion, national origin, or financial resources. In San Antonio, they operate two family-style homes which serve a total of 16 children at any given time. Trained, caring child care professionals serve as house parents to provide a nurturing environment where children can learn and practice positive behaviors and healthy family relationships, while healing the wounds of abuse, abandonment, and neglect from the inside out. Respite Care of San AntonioWorks to enhance the stability and the nurturing capabilities and opportunities of families of children with developmental disabilities. Program services are: (1) strengthen and stabilize families (2) to prevent possible child abuse (3) prevent or delay institutionalization. San Antonio AIDS FoundationThe San Antonio AIDS Foundation (SAAF) has a dual mission — to provide compassionate medical care and social services to people with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), and to help prevent the spread of HIV through education and testing. San Antonio Alternative Housing(RAMP – Repair and Modification Program) San Antonio Christian Dental Clinic, Inc.Works to improve the quality of life for low income adults by giving them dental care, in a Christian environment, to those who would not otherwise receive treatment. They are relieved of pain, and their teeth are restored as much as possible. They seek to have the medical, social and spiritual needs resolved by referring them for further care and counseling when appropriate. San Antonio Fellowship of Christian AthletesWorks to present to athletes, coaches and all whom they influence the challenge and adventure of receiving Christ Jesus as Lord and Savior, serving him in their daily relationships and in the fellowship of the Church. San Antonio Metropolitan Ministries (SAMM)An interfaith ministry whose mission is to help the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless attain self-sufficiency by offering, with dignity and compassion, shelter, housing and services. They provide volunteers opportunities to be renewed and fulfilled as they serve. SAMM strives to incorporate its values of people, hope, community, service, integrity, excellence, and stewardship in all aspects of its programming. San Antonio Urban MinistriesWorks to meet the youth and mental health needs within our community. Founded in 1969, it is a faith-based organization that has been a catalyst for establishing programs, which after an initial development period, become independent nonprofit agencies. These programs include: Habitat for Humanity, SAMM Shelter, SA Food Bank, Roy Maas’ Youth Alternatives, and current programs are After School Kare and Fairweather Lodge. Young Life San AntonioIntroduces adolescents to Jesus Christ and helps them to grow in their faith. They accomplish their mission by praying for young people, going where kids are, building personal relationships with them, winning the right to be heard, providing experiences that are fun, adventuresome, and life changing, sharing our lives and the Good News of Jesus Christ with adolescents, inviting them to personally respond to this Good News, and loving them regardless of their response. YoungLives San AntonioYoungLives is an outreach program to pregnant and parenting teen moms. This program focuses on meeting the needs of teen moms through mentor relationships and showing them unconditional love. YoungLives bring women of faith alongside teen moms for the purpose of developing friendships through mentoring and earning the right to tell them about their Savior.
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