Services

Advocacy:
Assisting clients in securing rights, remedies, and services from other agencies.

Referrals:
Identifying and providing linkages to available relevant services.

Shelter:
Providing short or long term shelter, when available, and related support services to clients. A transition house has been established for women who wish to change their direction in life.

Academic:
Participation in Career Direct guidance program for education decision making.
(Tuition assistance as well when funds are available.)

Career Advising:
Participation in Career Direct guidance program for occupational decision making.

Support Group:
Coordination and provision of supportive group activities.

Case management:
Opening a case record (intake and case plan completion)

Mentoring:
Arranging an ongoing relationship for client with an agency volunteer specific to individual needs.

Spiritual Advising:
Lifestyle or crisis counseling from a biblical perspective.

Free seminars:
Strong Women - Safe Homes! Includes Self Defense, Nutrition, Infancy PR, and other workshops.

Samaritan Ministries

Our Mission

Samaritan Ministries is a refuge of hope and healing for those who are hurting by providing an environment of safety and nurturing to those women and teens who are overcome by life's problems. We do this by providing them with the means they will need to make positive choices in their lives.

  Samaritan Ministries advocates for and mentors women in Flagler County, Florida, desiring to transition from lives of poverty, abuse or facing unplanned pregnancies. We do this by offering counseling and assistance involving academic, vocational, emotional, and when they choose to, spiritual issues.

Arrangements are also made for free car maintenance, goal setting, support groups, mentoring and shelter when possible. Our ultimate goal of establishing a rent-free facility was realized as of March 2006 when we opened our Samaritan Inn transition house for women and children.

Ministry Profile

Samaritan Ministries was established in 2001 to fill the void that existed in services to single moms and other women within the community. In the past six years, this ministry provided women automobiles to enable women to either continue their education or transport their minor children to school. We serviced or helped with repairs of over 100 cars since October 2002, and continue to offer free car maintenance and safety checks on a quarterly basis.

We held a support group for women wishing to find direction in their lives, and have witnessed one woman’s dramatic emotional and spiritual transformation after we took her into our home. Samaritan Ministries held two educational and ‘pampering’ days which included presentations in areas such as self-defense, infant cpr, budgeting, ‘decorating on a shoestring’, and other relevant classes.

In 2002 we were awarded the “Points of Light” award from the Make A Difference Foundation. Due to the ministry’s work assisting single mothers and their families, Lorraine Vickery, the ministry’s founder, was nominated as Child Advocate of the Year 2004 by the Grow Up With Me Committee (http://www.growupwithme.org).

Since opening our Samaritan Inn transition house in March 2006, we have housed over 20 women and 7 children and the demand for housing continues to grow as Flagler County continues to grow.

 

Some history…

2001:
♥ Incorporated and formed a Board of Directors
♥ Received our Federal identification number and approval to solicit funds by the Comptroller of Florida for CH-12327 and received 501(c)(3)
♥ Recruited an Advisory Board comprised of Professionals from various areas of expertise to call on “as needed” and opened an office in Bunnell.

2002:
♥ First Benefit Concert & beginning of Car Care Saturdays

2003:
♥ Budget Workshop May

2004:
♥ Founder nominated as Child Advocate of the Year for working with single parent moms

2005:
♥ Held weekly Bible studies with child care while we shared a meal for six months
♥ Networked for Thanksgiving Baskets and Adopt-a-family during holidays
♥ Donated 12 vehicles to women

2006: So far....
♥ “Strong Women, Safe Homes” seminar
♥ Opened Samaritan Inn