1. To provide home modification and handicap accessibility to veterans and their families. 2. To provide previously homeless veterans all the furnishings and equipment for their new apartment/house. 3. To provide homeless veterans hygiene kits and food. 4. To provide service members with care packages each month that contain food, hygiene items, and personal items. 5. To provide disaster relief when needed. 6. To provide toys/food/gifts at the Holiday season to veterans and their families. Our main goal is to help eliminate homelessness through working with the VA. We want to see our veterans come home to a healthy place of support and love. We want to be a safe place they can call and come to for needs and advice. We want them to not suffer with PTSD alone. Since World War II, the United States has been involved in multiple conflicts and many veterans have experienced the trauma of war and returned home with physical injuries, Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs), and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). These conditions, often combined, make it difficult for our returning service men and women to integrate back into family and community life. Under the best of conditions, government systems can be difficult to navigate, but it can be an overwhelming task for veterans to navigate through the VA system to receive treatments and services that are available to them when they are dealing with PTSD, TBIs and physical injuries. Far too often, a veteran will not find needed support and will become chronically homeless and that homelessness often includes the veteran’s spouse and children. Many of our homeless veterans are still young men and women who need assistance and support in the overwhelming aftermath of their military service on our behalf. Often, they feel guilt and shame because their families have been caught up in homelessness as well. The MMIA’s Homes for Healing program’s collaboration with the HUD/VASH program is a tangible way to show support and appreciation to veterans and their families for the sacrifices they have made. A furnished, comfortable home is paramount in creating a safe environment for a veteran to pursue a healthier and brighter future. The major goal of the HFH program is to give back to our veterans who have selflessly served the country and help them to feel “at home,” as much as possible. Each apartment receives on an average $2,000 worth of items.

MMIA participates in ensuring future generations of North Carolinian's have the opportunity to prosper is through the multiple volunteer opportunities we have. Many of these can be accomplished by people of all ages, giving everyone a chance to make a difference. MMIA is not affiliated with any political, religious, corporate or civic entity. We always welcome any group or individual who desires to support our heroes. In addition to Veterans and retirees, MMIA’s volunteer force includes church and community youth/adult groups, Boy and Girl Scout troops, homeschooling, college students, youth fulfilling court-ordered community service, and individual young people. Staff or other assisting adults work with our younger volunteers to let them know what projects they will be working on and what needs to be done. In making contributions to our Veterans, military members and their families, these youth also are developing result-driven and interpersonal skills that will contribute to their success as adults. We rely on a small staff and countless volunteers to help reach our mission. We are on the ground working in very tangible ways to ensure that Veterans are not going hungry or without their basic needs being met.

We rely on funding from individuals, churches, civic groups and grants. We have a staff of 5 team members who work in leadership roles over each of these programs. We then rely on our dedicated volunteers who show up day in and day out to pack care packages, fix broken furniture, build wheel chair ramps, pick up donations, deliver furnishings, fix toilets, etc. We really have the most incredible volunteers!

We track each of our projects and our demographics for each homeless Veteran Stand Down. We know by looking at the data, that we are truly making a difference. We get calls and letters and testimonies from people whose lives have been touched by MMIA. We are dedicated to growing and continuing to meet the needs that arise.

As of Dec 31, 2019: 1. 94 cents of every dollar donated to us, goes to our programs and services 2. Assisted over 58,000 homeless veterans 3. Shipped over 63,100 care packages to our active duty servicemen/women 4. Completed 731 building projects 5. 533 families received furniture and household goods 6. 1,918 children benefited from Operation Rescue Christmas