Genesee-Orleans Ministry of Concern provides advocacy and networking in these areas:

* Emergency shelter
* Utilities
* Prescriptions
* Basic furniture and appliances
* Personal care items
* Mentoring and events for children through the
    Just Friends Program

The Genesee-Orleans Ministry of Concern is the "Agency of Last Resort" because we work with people who have nowhere else to go. The agency has TWO objectives:

1. To provide emergency services for the economically poor.

2. To assist and encourage needy members of the community to become independent, self-sufficient, and contributing members of society.

Services are provided directly to our clients and by networking with area agencies, organizations and churches. The Genesee-Orleans Ministry of Concern serves people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities.

The Ministry of Concern grew out of the Migrant Ministry committees of the churches in Orleans and Genesee Counties in the nineteen fifties. Migrant workers who settled in the area faced discrimination in jobs and housing. The Ministry of Concern worked with them and other poor people in the counties in helping them get their basic needs met. The Ministry of Concern was incorporated in Albion in June, 1968.