We are Christ's hand extended to a broken world.

Turnaround is Samaritan Rescue Mission’s emergency program to youths at the middle school and high school levels. The Turnaround program is design for middle school and high school youths who have fallen behind on their academic work and are failing. They are youths identified through the partnership of Samaritan Rescue Mission’s Community Outreach Coordinator with the Birmingham City Schools. As a result of this partnership youths are paired with tutors/mentors to participate in emergency academic framework gear toward rescue and restoration. The program focuses on strategies for dealing with the high dropout rate through homework assistance and constructive after-school activities in an atmosphere where learning and success in school are valued. 

Students do not need prior approval from anyone to attend, however we encourage attendance through our partnership with the Birmingham City Schools and students are required to sign in for record and attendance purposes when they arrive at the study center. Students who come to the study center and accomplish school work are provided with snacks and other rewards.

Samaritan Rescue Mission’s program to high school dropouts and youths caught up in the juvenile court system of Birmingham City and Jefferson County Alabama is establish to break the trend recorded by the national dropout prevention center, that over 65% of incarcerated criminals in the U.S are high school dropouts, making it the main starters of a life of crime. Furthermore, it is a well-documented fact that student dropouts exact a heavy price to the community. This is the purpose of Samaritan Rescue Mission’s Trailblazer program, to provide religious community outreach through mentoring and Christian discipleship to high school dropouts and youths caught up in the juvenile court system of Birmingham City and Jefferson County Alabama,

such as Individualized Case Management and Therapeutic Counseling, Life Skill Development, Personal and Social Skill Development, General Educational Development or GED, College Enrollment Preparation, Consumer Education, Budgeting and Money Management Skill Development, Computer Literacy, Vocational Skill Development, Resume Development, Job Training Skills and Job Placement, Driver’s Education and Obtaining Driver Licenses for High School Students, High School Dropouts and youths caught up in the Birmingham City and Jefferson County juvenile court system.