Jeff Cook Examines Springs Rescue Mission’s Programs
The Springs Rescue Mission had humble beginnings thirty years ago, which is typical of programs that last. Unlike Athena in Greek mythology, they don’t spring forth full-grown from the head of Zeus. Starting in 1995, SRM gradually grew its focus on homeless services and addiction recovery. It built slowly but solidly, and started in 2013 to build a resource campus that could serve more people and provide more opportunities for those encouraged to leave homelessness behind. A dozen years later, it serves more than 4,000 individuals each year and has a variety of programs under the authority of Chief Program Officer Jeff Cook — but Cook, to his credit, wondered in his June 2024 doctoral dissertation (Bakke Graduate School, Dallas) Read More ›