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 survival needs met and was incorporated in Albion in June, 1968.

Genesee-Orleans Ministry of Concern provides Advocacy and Networking in these Areas:

* Emergency Shelter
* Utilities
* Prescriptions
* Basic Furniture
* Personal Care Items
* Clothing

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 members of the poverty community in becoming independent, self-sufficient, and contributing members of society.