Leaders from 20 rescue missions representing IUGM's association of 250 inner-city missions were in Washington, DC, to announce the study results and persuade Members of Congress that missions are effective role models in the effort to reform welfare.
Employers surveyed overwhelmingly support the mission's approach.
We believe America's rescue missions have the answer. IUGM missions are getting the homeless and the poor back into the mainstream of society by attacking the primary causes of poverty through programs which promote responsibility, eliminate dependency and encourage self-sufficiency. Currently, the Senate is debating welfare-reform legislation which, in part, has work requirements and eligibility time limits for welfare recipients. While both Congressional leaders and the President support moving the poor from welfare dependency to work, they disagree on the methods to do so. Burger said it's not enough to simply provide a meal, shelter or a welfare check.