Rescue Mission of Trenton
(98 Carroll Street)
PO Box 617
Trenton, NJ 08604

Telephone: (609) 695-1436
Fax: (609) 695-5199
Contact: Mary Gay Abbott-Young, Executive Director
E-mail: mgay@rescuemissionoftrenton.org
Website: www.rescuemissionoftrenton.org

The Rescue Mission of Trenton, incorporated in 1917, is a private non-profit agency that provides supportive services to the homeless, the hungry, the transient, and the addicted. The purpose of the Rescue Mission is to serve the truly needy who have no place to turn for shelter, food, and clothing and to create an environment where each can live with dignity, build self-esteem, and experience love, responsibility, and hope. The Rescue Mission requires clients to participate along with the organization's staff in the effort to improve their circumstances, lead more productive lives, and reach their greatest potential.
The Rescue Mission runs several residential programs, an outpatient clinic, and an emergency services program. The organization also offers educational and vocational training, and manages an industrial salvage operation that includes a large warehouse and a thrift store.

• Vince's Place: Vince's Place is a residential substance abuse treatment program with a 75-bed capacity. Residents are offered one-on-one counseling by the primary counselor and group sessions by the counseling staff. They also receive in-house medical exams from professional staff and referrals to clinics as needed. As part of the treatment program, each resident is given a work therapy assignment based upon his skills and prior training. Assignments range from food preparation to truck driving, office duties, retail sales, refrigeration/electrical repairs, construction, and general maintenance. Vince's Place is licensed by the NJ State Department of Human Services, Division of Addiction Services.


• Robinson Place: Robinson Place is a licensed rooming and boarding house where up to 50 men receive counseling, medical supervision, and other supportive services. Clients ranging in age from 20 to over 75 maintain neat quarters, develop good work habits, and are given a unique chance to improve their lives. Each client is expected to contribute to the Rescue Mission community in his own way and all who are able to work are required to participate in work therapy.


• Emergency Services: Homeless men and women are provided emergency shelter, meals, and other help through the Emergency Services program. The program also provides clothing, furniture, and household goods that enable people to improve their lives.


• Soup Kitchen: On weekends, when other area soup kitchens are closed, the Rescue Mission provides a nutritious meal to those who are hungry.


• TEACH (Trenton Educational Assistance Center for the Homeless): TEACH volunteers prepare clients for GED testing and tutor them in basic literacy, reading and writing skills, job seeking skills, and computer/word processing.


• Industrial Salvage: This program collects donated materials and household goods from the community at large, to be sorted and sold in the Rescue Mission Thrift Store. The Industrial Salvage operation generates more than one-quarter of the agency's annual operating budget.


• Family Service Program: Upon recommendation from another supportive service agency, clothing, furniture, and household goods are provided for free or at low cost to those who otherwise could not afford them.

The Rescue Mission serves Trenton's homeless, transient, and addicted people who are in need of shelter, food, or clothing.

• The Rescue Mission is interested in outpatient retention.  The Rescue Mission has invested considerable resources into inpatient treatment, but some clients have their own housing and prefer to use the Rescue Mission’s outpatient clinic instead.  Correspondingly, many patients who prefer outpatient treatment have not been staying long enough for treatments to be successful.  Is there a correspondence between how long clients stay in treatment and the strength of the relationship their Rescue Mission counselor has built with them?  How does this relationship affect the success rate of treatment?  Is there a higher chance of success if patients have had past experiences with treatment at the same facility?  If some clients walk into the outpatient clinic off the street, will they succeed as well as someone who has been treated in the Rescue Mission residential treatment facility?  Once the student answers these questions, Rescue Mission would like to know how to improve outpatient retention rates.

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