Program & Services Information
Located southeast of downtown Fort Worth, the Mabee Center serves as the hub of The Salvation Army’s Tarrant County operations. This facility is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Whether an individual or family needs a hot meal, a place to stay, or any of the variety of residential programs designed to take a family or individual from homelessness to being a stable and productive member of society, help can be found at the Mabee Center.
PROGRAMS & SERVICES
· Emergency Family Homeless Shelter, Daily Meals for the Homeless, Home Sweet Home, Simon Transitional Program, S.T.A.R.T. Program, First Choice Program, and S.A.V.E program.
· Home Sweet Home- This homeless prevention program is for at-risk individuals and families that are on the verge of losing their homes. The goals of this program are to prevent homelessness, support home ownership, and build healthy and self-sufficient families. They value the empowerment, hope, self- esteem, independence and dignity of our program participants.
. Simon Transitional Housing Program-This program is for unaccompanied single men and women over age 18 who have a dual diagnosis of mental illness and drug/alcohol addiction. In collaboration with other Tarrant County homeless service agencies, the Simon program provides room and board, as well as life skills, counseling and case management for up to two years.
· S.T.A.R.T. Program-· The acronym stands for Stabilizing to Achieve Richer Tomorrows. The program is designed to give people who are shackled by a repetitive cycle of homelessness a new start in life. Case managers function as mentors for each person in their care and will actually accompany people from place to place helping them to establish relationships and make the arrangements necessary to move to independent living. Participants are required to save up to 75% of all income received. Upon successful completion, participants can transition into the Home Sweet Home follow-up program or another housing placement program.
· S.A.V.E.-The Salvation Army Veterans Enrichment program provides permanent housing, long-term comprehensive case management, and supportive services for chronically homeless, disabled veterans. Designed to stabilize housing, increase income through job training/placement, and enhance self-determination, S.A.V.E.‘s mission is to meet a veteran’s most urgent needs as rapidly as possible.