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The Well in the Desert is a 501c3 non-profit organization that provides daily nutritious hot meals, emergency food assistance, weekly supplemental food distribution and a wide array of services through advocacy to those affected by poverty, including the working poor, the homeless, seniors, the handicapped and others in need throughout the western end of the Coachella Valley. Our mission fuels programs for poverty prevention, direct services for poverty intervention, and an organized effort to advocate for the poor.

Promise House moves abused, abandoned and neglected youth toward safety and success. The agency is one of the ONLY organizations in Dallas County designed to accommodate homeless and runaway young people between the ages of 0 and 24. We provide crisis intervention, transitional housing, pregnant and parenting teen support, counseling, street outreach and education services. By connecting at-risk youth with the resources and encouragement they need to become healthy, self-sufficient adults, we work to prevent chronic homelessness in North Texas.

The mission of HEARTH, an acronym for Homelessness Ends with Advocacy, Resources, Training, and Housing, is to provide a progression of supportive services and housing that empowers families to become independent, self-sufficient and adequately housed and to foster low income housing opportunities to prevent homelessness and encourage safe, affordable housing. Through our transitional housing program, and HEARTH at Benet Woods, our new permanent affordable housing development, HEARTH helps families in crisis regain their sense of independence, self-worth, and job-readiness skills for today's business environment.

Since 1914, Bethesda Mission has been a missionary arm of the local church, reaching out to men, women, and children by providing the poor and homeless with shelter, food, clothing, Christian counseling, and working to restore self-sufficiency for all guests. This mission is accomplished through six ministries: -Men's Mission: 4 levels of care - Transient, Long-term Recovery, After-Care, Social Services -Women's Mission: Comprehensive long-term recovery and after-care -Community (Youth) Center: Mentoring, Equipping, Preventing at-risk youth and families -Medical/Dental Clinics: Health & Dental care for men and women guests and uninsured poor -Mobile Mission: Direct assistance to chronic homeless on the streets -Outreach: Food & Household products distributed to rural poor