Mercy Multiplied America, Inc.
Restoring Hope. Transforming Lives.
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Mercy Multiplied equips people to live free and stay free through Jesus Christ. Our residential counseling program helps young women ages 13–32 break free from life controlling issues and situations, including anxiety, depression, sexual abuse, eating disorders, self-harm, addictions, unplanned pregnancy, and sex trafficking. The residential program is voluntary, biblically based, and completely free of charge. Our goal is to help residents permanently stop destructive cycles, discover purpose for their lives, and experience God’s unconditional love, forgiveness, and life-transforming power. Our Outreach services train and resource Christian leaders and helpers to effectively minister to those who are hurting. We offer a wide range of life-transforming workshops, discipleship resources, videos, podcasts, and other practical tools. Our goal is to share the life transforming principles used in our residential program to empower men and women of all ages to live in freedom.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Mercy Multiplied America
Our residential counseling program helps young women ages 13–32 break free from life controlling issues and situations, including anxiety, depression, sexual abuse, eating disorders, self-harm, addictions, unplanned pregnancy, and sex trafficking. The residential program is voluntary, biblically based, and completely free of charge. Our goal is to help residents permanently stop destructive cycles, discover purpose for their lives, and experience God’s unconditional love, forgiveness, and life-transforming power.
Our Outreach services train and resource Christian leaders and helpers to effectively minister to those who are hurting. We offer a wide range of life-transforming workshops, discipleship resources, videos, podcasts, and other practical tools. Our goal is to share the life transforming principles used in our residential program to empower men and women of all ages to live in freedom.
Where we work
Accreditations
Child Placing Agency 1996
Awards
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Percentage of former residents who would recommend the program to others
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Women and girls
Related Program
Mercy Multiplied America
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Percentage of former residents who reported satisfaction with the program
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Women and girls
Related Program
Mercy Multiplied America
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Mercy Multiplied values every person's life and believes in his or her future. Young women come to a Mercy residence because they are desperate to fill the emptiness in their lives that the world has failed to satisfy. God calls Mercy to respond to this need by providing a safe, Christ-centered program free of charge that allows young women the ability to find and embrace hope for the future. For those unable to enter a Mercy home, Mercy provides resources to churches, groups, and individuals to equip the journey of freedom. By accepting Christ's love and forgiveness, those who commit to a Mercy program are freed from past circumstances and equipped to take hope out into the world.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Residential
The Mercy Multiplied program incorporates Christian principles and teachings coupled with proven methods and counseling to serve a diverse population of young women from across the United States. Mercy is completely free of charge to the young women they serve. Many of the girls who seek help from Mercy are facing a combination of debilitating circumstances and have been in various treatment facilities with unsuccessful long-term results. Mercy is committed to providing the young women they serve with excellent program services that allow them to recognize their self-worth and prepare them to reach their full potential. Through the application of God's unconditional love, Mercy's approach to healing allows young women to permanently stop destructive cycles and prepares them to take hope out into their communities.
Outreach
The outreach aspect of Mercy Multiplied exists to equip people with biblically-based tools and training that lead to lifelong freedom. The foundation of the Mercy outreach effort incorporates primary elements of the Mercy program. These freedom principles are taken outside the walls of Mercy homes to reach those in need of the hope-filled and life-transforming message of the Gospel. Individuals are encouraged to find the “me" in “Mercy" and spread the message of hope to their circle of influence, thus multiplying the reach of Mercy Multiplied.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Mercy has properly credentialed, professional staff members who work directly with the young women in the Mercy homes and who work in program support services. Mercy has developed a counseling curriculum from over three decades of experience that combines Biblical principles of healing and unconditional love with best-practice clinical interventions. This counseling curriculum is called “Choices that Bring Change" and includes seven key components; Commitment to Christ, Choosing to Forgive, Renewing the Mind, Generational Patterns, Healing Life Hurts, Freedom From Oppression, and Principles for Life-long Success. The program and the counseling model are successful because they empower the resident to identify issues, take responsibility for her choices and to move forward.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Mercy Multiplied has accomplished an astounding level of growth and impact since 1983. Thousands of young women have been given food, shelter, education and Biblical counseling. But more importantly, thousands of lives have been saved through the work of Mercy Multiplied. Young women have found lasting hope and freedom from life-controlling issues and are now making an impact in their individual communities and spheres of influence.
Mercy Multiplied recognizes that there is always room for continued growth and improvement and in doing so, hopes to accomplish much more in the years and decades to come. Mercy Multiplied would like to open a new home in the state of Florida, expand their circle of influence through stronger church partnerships, expand outreach efforts, and see thousands more young women walk in freedom with their lives transformed and their hope restored.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Mercy Multiplied America, Inc.
Board of directorsas of 03/20/2024
Dr. Shep Dunlevie
MDVIP
Term: 2020 - 2023
Nancy Alcorn
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Lisa Lewis
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Rob Martin
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MDVIP
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Sara Young
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Christy Singleton
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Linda Hilliard
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Lynn Morrow
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Arianna Walker
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Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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