welcome to the mission field.

MISSION.

By God’s grace, The Steel Valley Outreach Center, Inc. exists to reach Youngstown with the Gospel of Jesus Christ through meeting needs for children, families, and surrounding residents.

VISION.

Steel Valley Outreach Center, Inc. envisions a local community that loves and serves. To love God with all of our heart, mind, and soul as well as our neighbors as ourselves. To serve children, families, and the underprivileged in our community by providing a safe environment for childcare, special needs development, family counseling, and food insecurities (Matthew 22:36-40).

VALUES.

  • Regardless of race, gender, religion or geographic location, we value people, believing that every man, woman and child possesses dignity, is worthy of respect and Godly love.

  • We are deeply connected with the Youngstown community’s children, parents, families, and our surrounding residents. We commit to allowing their needs to guide our work, and to provide quality childcare, special needs development, counseling, and work toward solutions to eliminate structural and systemic inequalities that contribute to food insecurity to help them thrive.

  • We foster an environment that enhances the spiritual, social, emotional, and physical wellbeing of young children, residents with special needs, widows, parents, and their families, while also making our community a safer place to live.

  • We strive to recognize and understand the life perspectives, feelings, and lived experiences of others, including and especially those most different from ourselves, and to give grace and love to one another.

  • We are passionate and tireless in pursuit of our mission to reach Youngstown with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and helping children, families, and the underprivileged to provide childcare, special needs development, and biblically based guidance through all obstacles.

  • We hold ourselves and one another responsible for ensuring Steel Valley Outreach Center maximizes its impact, and we do what we say we will do.

  • We treat challenges as learning opportunities, and continually evolve to meet the needs of the children, students, families, and surrounding residents we work with based on what we learn.

  • We center the love of God and our neighbor to prioritize the wellbeing of the children, students, and families we work with in every decision we make and every action we take.

  • Staff
    Carman Arroyo, Executive Director

    Officers
    Brenton Beck, President
    Gary Frost, Vice-President
    Christine Weber, Treasurer
    Casandra Ramirez, Secretary

    Board of Directors
    Carman Arroyo
    Brenton Beck
    Gary Frost
    Christine Weber
    Casandra Ramirez
    Les Upright

    Members
    Steel Valley Baptist Association

VISION 2025

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Steel Valley Outreach Center vision includes a collaborative ministry effort between churches of the Steel Valley Baptist Association and business partners in Youngstown, Ohio. For the last 3 years we have operated out of a Steel Valley Church with limited space and currently have an expansion opportunity right next door!

IMPACT

If expansion were possible, the new outreach opportunities would include:

  • Food Pantry

  • Clothing

  • Furniture

  • Daycare Services

  • Special Needs Programs/Services

  • Counseling Services

  • Group Counseling (Celebrate Recovery, or Addiction counseling, etc.)

  • Classroom Space

  • After school programs (East High School, Harding Elementary, and Ursuline High School)

  • Sunday Transportation

  • Community Dinners and other functions

GOAL AND OBJECTIVES

  1. Accept the offer to purchase an available 5k square foot property in a strategic location for this ministry to thrive.

  2. Prepare the property to open and renovate

  3. Phased Launch of Community Services

FINANCIAL PROPOSAL

The purchase price for the property has been negotiated down to $80,000. Our property inspector informed us of a few major improvements to be completed (HVAC and New Roof, 150k-200k estimated in total). We hope to raise funds to purchase this property and cover the major improvements before we can begin all interior renovation work.

EXISTING PROPERTY LAYOUT

SVOC, INC.’S RENOVATION PLAN

PURCHASE PRICE: $80,000
ROOF WORK: $40,000
HVAC: $10,000

TOTAL: $130,000