Union Gospel Mission Twin Cities provides Christ-centered pathways and programs that provide comprehensive care to people struggling with homelessness. We also offer emergency shelter and three meals a day to hungry neighbors.
The Mission is supported by the compassionate gifts of individuals, churches, business owners, and family and community foundations.
Impact-at-a-Glance
last year |
Men offered transitional housing last year |
 Men and women enrolled in education and job training last year |
 Women and children provided hope and safe shelter |
 Children ages six weeks to kindergarten provided care and school readiness |
 Mental Health Services appointments provided on-site to residents and emergency shelter guests |
Our Mission is Changing Lives
While other homeless shelters provide meals and a place a stay people experiencing homelessness, Union Gospel Mission Twin Cities goes further to provide a permanent pathway off the streets. Our distinctions include:
We are Gospel-centered. In all of our offerings, the goal of Union Gospel Mission Twin Cities is to form disciples of Jesus Christ. He is the healer who gives hope and new life to people in need.
Learn more about how we disciple our residents
Learn about our Chaplaincy Department
We provide comprehensive, integrated programs. Our offerings bring all of our resources to bear on individuals so he or she receives personalized solutions to get out of poverty, addiction, or homelessness. We provide individualized, integrated services that get to the root of each person’s homelessness.
We give residents time to heal. We provide radical hospitality, serving everyone who comes through our doors. It takes time to unravel the effects of homelessness. We offer the time our guests need to heal physically, emotionally, and spiritually, providing the tools to build new lives.
Additional Resources
- Hot meals provided three times a day at the men’s and women’s campuses
- Emergency shelter and meals are available at the Men’s Campus every day
- Transitional housing provided for men needing shelter, along with skills to prepare for working and living in the community
- Available to anyone in a full-time program at the Mission
- Provides college and career readiness
- GED preparation
- Digital literacy
- Residents discover skills and passions
- Graduates are prepared to get jobs
Mental Health Services and Medical Clinic
- Services available to anyone living on our Men’s Campus or Naomi Family Program (NFP)
- Free individual and group therapy
- Personality, therapeutic, and cognitive testing offered to assist with individualized therapy plans
- Tuberculosis testing and treatment of minor injuries available twice a week through Community Health Services
Locations
Men’s Campus, 435 University Ave. E., St. Paul
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Emergency shelter. Free. 53 cots available each day. Twenty additional cots available in winters by referral through the St. Paul Police Department and Metro Transit Police.
Housing Plus. Transitional, low-cost housing available for men. Additional practical and spiritual support provided.
Christ Recovery Center (CRC) Full-time addiction recovery. Long-term residential program designed for men in late-stage addiction. Combines biblical principles with the 12 steps of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Discipleship Program. Full time. Provides Bible training along with work therapy. Residents learn job skills and prepare to live successfully outside the Mission.
Veterans Housing Program (Pilot). Residential program for U.S. veterans experiencing homelessness.
Mental health and medical clinic. Free and onsite. Provides individual and group therapy along with personality, therapeutic, and cognitive testing to assist with individualized therapy plans. Medical healthcare available through Community Health Services.
Donation center. Clothing, blankets, hygiene items, and more received from people in the community and distributed free of charge to residents of the Men’s Campus and Naomi Family Program.
Women and Children’s Facility, St Paul
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Naomi Family Program (NFP). Long-term, residential program designed for women struggling with addiction, homelessness, domestic violence, chronic health conditions, or other concerns. Classes provide life skills and healing. Daily devotions provide time with God. Meals and housing provided.
Housing Plus. Offers support for women needing temporary housing while they work, seek employment, or look for permanent housing. Meals and housing provided free of charge.
Chemical dependency recovery. Women struggling from addiction to alcohol or other drugs find hope and healing with the help of a chemical dependency counselor on site.
Child Development Center, 109-9th St. E., St. Paul
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Licensed by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the Child Development Center offers free childcare for children ages six weeks to kindergarten who live at the Mission’s Naomi Family Residence. Fee-based care also offered to families in the community.
One-hundred percent of the children in the CDC have experienced trauma. Trained staff and a child psychologist provide education and healing to kids who have lived through homelessness, abuse, or other traumatic situations.