Operation Care, Inc.

We strive to provide help, hope, and healing through Jesus Christ to people in need.

In our housing program, we strive to help women move from homelessness to self sufficiency through a rigorous program that addresses both the physical, financial, spiritual, and social problems they face, while teaching them accountability.

The mission of state-licensed Mercy Medical and Dental Clinic is to provide compassionate medical and dental care to uninsured, underinsured, and financially disadvantaged people.

Through our Helps Program, we distribute the following items to qualifying individuals in crisis: non-perishable food from the Operation Care food pantry, clothing, household furnishings, personal hygiene products, book bags and school supplies.

In our housing program, we use the following strategies to meet our goals:
*We engage in case management and financial planning with each family we shelter.
*We partner with local mental health agencies and Christian counselors to address psychological needs.
*We coordinate with a team of pro bono attorneys to handle legal issues.
*We partner with another local charity that has a successful program to teach parenting and domestic skills.
*We partner with local churches to ensure that our residents are engaged in a Christian community.
*We help women and children meet educational goals by coordinating with state and local educational institutions.
*We provide tutoring by certified teachers who volunteer to work with our sheltered children.
*We offer our children weekly lessons in voice, guitar, and piano by volunteer music instructors.
*We offer job training to our sheltered women through our Encore Shop Thrift Store.

In our medical clinic, our strategy is to provide patients with high-quality medical and dental care. Mercy Medical is a Christ-centered, state- licensed medical/dental clinic. We are a member of both the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics and the Kentucky Free Clinic Association. We are staffed by volunteer medical and dental providers, nurses, ancillary medical staff, pastoral caregivers, interpreters, and office professionals.

In our Helps Program, our strategy to meet the needs of hurting people who come to us for emergency help is to continue seeking donations to our food pantry and our thrift store, so we will have sufficient supplies. Also, we will aggressively market the sale of merchandise we receive in excess to the demand for emergency help, so we can fund the many programs we offer.

Operation Care has successfully met the needs of the people we serve for the past 29 years. Our programs are time-tested and successful in helping meet the needs of people in our local community. While fundraising is a constant challenge, God has blessed Operation Care by prompting generous people and organizations to donate the funds required. We are accountable for every dollar that is donated to Operation Care. We undergo and independent audit each year, and we have met all of the Better Business Bureau's 20 criteria for charity accountability for the past 10 years. 94% of every dollar donated to OC goes directly to our programming for people in crisis.

As described above, more than 215,000 services have been provided to hurting people by Operation Care over the past 29 years. We have expanded several times to meet the needs of more people, and we have expanded our donor base to ensure we receive the resources we need.

We have not yet received national accreditation for our programs, but we are seeking that now and are confident we will receive national accreditation in each of our ministries.