b'Like many missions, we faced the need to grow our census. We needed to be much more proactive. We wanted to make sure people on the street knew how to get connected with us. Daniel Stoltzfusmodels, Daniel said. We wanted toHealth Resources Commission, aWe consistently go to the same see it in action and help our team seequasi-governmental agency that aidsplaces. We build relationships and how it works. Talk about lighting aorganizations that help people over- trust so we can be there when theyre fire and starting a passion. Our staffcome barriers to getting health care.ready to get help. They may not be quickly captured the vision. AustinThe grant pays for case management,ready today. But sometimes you and his team have done a great jobfuel, and outreach staff time. Thehear things like, I needed someone equipping us to do outreach. Werestaff bought a converted bus to useto come and find me today. not doing it exactly like they are, butfor outreach, and for the past yearFrom October 2022 to May 2023, weve used their best practices.theyve been hitting the streets two toHelping Up Mission interacted with Helping Up Mission received athree days a week to do what Daniel131 clients and began tracking them grant from the Maryland Communitycalls mobile case management. and trying to get them to the mission. Forty of those people came back to the facility to receive some kind of service, whether overnight shelter or a longer term service.But its not all about getting people to Helping Up Mission. The staff also points people to other types of recov-ery programs, like detox, emergency food, and the housing priority list, through the local continuum of care.Daniel said mobile outreach is about Gods heart to reach the marginalized. He encouraged min-istry leaders: Go after it if you can, because theres a lot of resources and support out there. Finding the one W hen the people of West Michigan faced a polar vortexnegative-40-degree temperatures for 10 daysMel Trotter Ministries 36 WWW.CITYGATENETWORK.ORG JULY/AUGUST 2023'