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Visalia Rescue Mission describes mobile shower unit, shelter and recovery services to Tulare County task force
Summary
The CEO of Visalia Rescue Mission presented the org's mobile hygiene/shower unit, shelter and recovery programs and said ARPA funds currently cover the mobile unit through 2026; staff reported last year's shower usage and described efforts to coordinate locations with city partners.
Michael Simmons, chief executive officer of the Visalia Rescue Mission, and Noah Torres, director of programs, briefed the task force on the agency's range of services and the newest addition: a mobile shower unit funded with ARPA dollars.
Simmons described the Rescue Mission's continuum of care, from free water access and community meals up to emergency shelter, a 12-month residential recovery program, and transitional housing for program graduates. "The showers is really it's it's it's an introduction," Simmons said, explaining that the mobile unit is intended to connect people who come for hygiene to case managers, shelters and recovery services.
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