1100 East Adams, Springfield Phone: 753-3939
Contact Ministries has established itself as an agency committed to providing assistance to those in need. The agency provides rental and utility assistance, counseling and advocacy, food, clothing, prescription, and transportation assistance, holiday assistance and seasonal assistance such as fans in summer and coats and blankets in winter. The agency also directs an extensive referral system that links the disadvantaged with other human service agencies.
In November 1993, Contact Ministries expanded its service to the less fortunate of the area by opening an emergency shelter for homeless women with children. The shelter provides all of life’s basic needs – food, personal care items, clothing, and laundry facilities. In addition, residents are given access to phones, transportation, job notices, housing possibilities and child-care so that the mothers can find employment and permanent housing. The Contact Ministries staff provides individual assessment, case management, tutoring, job counseling and mentoring, special programs and activities and other supportive services to the shelter residents.
The Basement Boutique opened in February 2010. This venue allows women to shop for their specific needs in our free store. The store is run by volunteers on Wednesdays and Fridays. Volunteers are needed from 9:15 – 11:45. The actual store hours are 9:30-11:00. The Basement Boutique offers gently used items such as clothing, small household items (toasters, pots/pans, coffee makers) and linens (towels and sheets). The Basement Boutique tries to help people who find themselves in need of services as a result of a fire, loss of a job etc.
