Fresno Rescue Mission (FRM) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that serves impoverished families and neglected and abused children in the Central Valley. FRM’s Rescue the Children project transformed a rundown 108-unit motel into 68 units of housing and supportive services for homeless women and their children.  

FRM purchased the vacant motel and performed a complete rehabilitation. Now the facility includes a daycare center, classrooms, community kitchen, dining hall, community center, full-scale gym, laundry room, medical exam room, amphitheater, walking paths, community garden, and open fields for play. Supportive onsite services include case management, food service, drug/alcohol counseling, job coaching, life skills training, GED completion, personal counseling, support groups, aftercare, and work therapy. Central Valley NMTC provided financing for construction and for working capital to operate the facility.

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Fresno Rescue Mission Embarks on Project to Rescue the Children

Community Impacts

• Created 96 construction jobs and 12 permanent jobs averaging over $58/hr in wages & salaries plus health insurance, retirement benefits, and educational assistance
• Targeted hiring efforts to low-income persons and residents of low-income communities
• Provides at-risk women and children over 40,000 bed nights and 75,000 meals annually, saving local governments over $2 million per year in offset social service costs

Project Participants

• Central Valley NMTC Fund, LLC
• Fresno Rescue Mission
• US Bancorp/US Bank Community Development
• Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco