Union Rescue Mission

Shelter services - union rescue mission (urm) is the oldest and largest rescue mission in los angeles, founded in 1891. Urm has three major facilities in los angeles county, all providing food, shelter, counseling, medical, mental, and dental care as well as job search and placement. The main facility is in la's skid row on san pedro st and averages over 750 people under roof each night. There are also two family centers: hope gardens in sylmar, with single mothers, with children, and about 25 senior ladies, with a total population of about 250 residing there. In addition, urm built and opened their new angeles house family center in 2022, with about 285 moms, dads, and kids there each night. Urm welcomed over 9,000 people through their doors in fiscal 2024, served over 734,000 meals, provided over 475,000 nights of safe shelter, and moved over 350 people into a more permanent housing situation.

Community outreach programs - the mission operates a donation program where donated goods are received and utilized to supplement purchased goods associated with providing resources in the shelter and recovery programs. Not all donations can be utilized by the mission in which case they are distributed to our two thrift stores and to numerous non-profit organizations throughout southern california.