Join us for the 3rd Annual Homeless Outreach Festival on Saturday, May 31st from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at St. Joseph House, 3307 Austin St., Houston, TX 77004 • Come out for a day of community and compassion to celebrate HPD Homeless Outreach Team Officer Sheldon Theragood's birthday! • Free food, free haircuts, free resources, and free live entertainment! • Join us for the 3rd Annual Homeless Outreach Festival on Saturday, May 31st from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at St. Joseph House, 3307 Austin St., Houston, TX 77004 • Come out for a day of community and compassion to celebrate HPD Homeless Outreach Team Officer Sheldon Theragood's birthday! • Free food, free haircuts, free resources, and free live entertainment!

Quick Facts About MHI

A faith-based non-profit serving the homeless, hungry and mentally ill

We offer dignified homes and work-based training to those who can recover from the streets

For chronic street populations, we provide meals and hope. All are welcome, regardless of race, creed, or personal history.

Since 1968, we have:

  • Housed some 20,000 guests for long or short stays
  • Served 233,200 hot meals annually in our soup kitchen, homes and Clubhouse
  • Some 10,000,000 meals served

We operate safe residential homes, serving;

  • Up to 117 full-time guests at capacity
  • 25% of our men and women are re-entering society from prison
  • 90% of our guests are recovering from chronic mental illness

And spiritual guidance:

  • Clergy in full-time residence
  • AA and NA weekly meetings on-campus
  • On-campus services are available

We also operate:

  • St. Joseph House, an accredited mental wellness day program, based on the Clubhouse model of psychosocial recovery, free to adults with mental health diagnoses

     

Our 2024 Impact:

  • Served 107,755 meals at Loaves & Fishes Soup Kitchen
  • Served 56,478 meals in MHI housing
  • Sheltered 835 clients in MHI housing
  • Provided 25,919 bed nights for homeless individuals
  • Provided mental health support to 100 unique Clubhouse members
  • Partnered with 20 organizations to amplify our reach
  • Secured 14 grants, totaling $406,025 to support our mission

 

And all at below average operating costs:

  • Our 990 consistently shows an exceptionally low overhead
  • Because volunteers work over 12,000 hours annually
  • Accredited by the BBB, receiving the 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 Award for Excellence: Winner of Distinction recognition
  • Awarded Four-Star Charity by Charity Navigator
  • Awarded the Candid 2024 Platinum Seal of Transparency

With gratitude for our Volunteer, Donor, Corporate and Civic support! (We absolutely couldn't do it without you.)

BBB Accredited Charity, Charity Navigator Four-Star Charity & Candid Platinum Transparency 2024 Seals

Charity Navigator Four-Star Rating

Who We Are

“Feed the hungry and help those in trouble. Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon.”

Isaiah 58:10

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.”

Matthew 25:35-36