Learn More

Videos

Stories of Changed Lives

Newsletters

FAQs

Financial Accountability

We abide by the Standards for membership in the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.

For Email Marketing you can trust

Nationally Recognized

Home > Learn More

An Overview of the Organization

Rescue Mission Alliance is a charitable, non-profit organization that has served the hungry and homeless for more than 38 years. The organization began in 1972 as the Oxnard Rescue Mission, a small emergency shelter for homeless men. In September 1989, the name changed to the Ventura County Rescue Mission to better align with the growth in services provided countywide. Expanding services with establishment of the San Fernando Valley Rescue Mission and the Valley Food Bank in adjacent Los Angeles County initiated another name change to the Rescue Mission Alliance in 1997.

The organization has since grown with the establishment of the Lighthouse Women and Children’s Mission in 1998 and expanded to Santa Barbara County in 2003 with the acquisition of the Central Coast Rescue Mission in Santa Maria. The Rescue Mission Alliance has acquired the Victor Valley Rescue Mission in 2008 to provide vital services for the poor and homeless in San Bernardino County. The combined services of the Rescue Mission Alliance offers, emergency shelter, supportive services, drug and alcohol recovery, food distribution, vocational training, life skills development, computer learning center services, relapse prevention, community outreach programs, and transitional housing.

Learn More

Ventura County Rescue Mission | Lighthouse for Women & Children

San Fernando Valley Rescue Mission | Valley Food Bank