Family Promise is a non-profit organization committed to helping low income families nationwide to achieve lasting independence.
Family Promise does this this by helping communities mobilize to provide safe shelter, meals, and support services for homeless families and through programs designed to work against the underlying causes of homelessness.
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Homeless Fact
The average age of a homeless person in the U.S. is 9
Family Promise - Serving and Making a Real Difference
Family Promise has 139 networks in 39 states. Over 4,500 congregations are participating, and 110,000 volunteers make up each network.
4 families are helped at a time. Churches house and care for the families for a week or so at a time on a rotation basis. The average stay of the families is 90 days. Seventy-five percent of the families graduate from the Family Promise program with full time jobs and permanent housing.
Family promise of Gwinnett's goal is to help 300 families by the year 2010.
To donate to the national network of Family Promise, please click here. To donate to one of the individual networks, please see their listing below.
4 families are helped at a time. Churches house and care for the families for a week or so at a time on a rotation basis. The average stay of the families is 90 days. Seventy-five percent of the families graduate from the Family Promise program with full time jobs and permanent housing.
Family promise of Gwinnett's goal is to help 300 families by the year 2010.
To donate to the national network of Family Promise, please click here. To donate to one of the individual networks, please see their listing below.
Find a Family Promise Program Near You
- Family Promise Location Directory
- This is the main directory of all the Family Promise local networks, listed by state.
- Family Promise of Gwinnett County GA
- The Mission of Family Promise of Gwinnett County, Inc. is to mobilize communities of congregations that partner with social service agencies to end homelessness - one family at a time.
Homeless Fact
Families with children make up 40% of homeless population
Family Promise in Blogs
- 08/13/08 - Car Raffle — Win! 09 Pontiac Vibe AWD
- Tickets can be purchased by call Family Promise 570?420?8589 or mailing a check to: FPMC 901 North 5th street, Stroudsburg, PA 18360. Tickets may also be picked up at the office on North 5th street in Stroudsburg. ...
- "Organized as a voluntary network of local churches, Family ...
- Organized as a voluntary network of local churches, Family Promise provides housing, food and day care for homeless families with children until they're able to save enough money to get back on their feet in a more permanent housing ...
- Family Promise will host craft and vendor fair Aug. 16 to aid homeless
- Family Promise of Monroe County, a non-profit organization that helps homeless families with children, will hold a craft/vendor fair on Saturday, Aug. 16. There will be crafters, merchandise vendors and the kitchen will be open.
- Kristen orcutt
- Family Promise of Hawai`i Volume 3, Issue 3 December 2007 Family ... Family Promise Doubles Our Capacity and Families Served ... Kristen Orcutt. Henry Pundyke, Jr. Servco Pacific. Randy Perreira. Lei Pavao and family . ...
Family Promise in the News
- Committed to a Promise: Local Churches Offer Services to Help Out ...
- Organized as a voluntary network of local churches, Family Promise provides housing, food and day care for homeless families with children until they're ...
- Family Promise offers hope for the homeless in Blount
- ?I realized there was something that was missing in Blount County,? said Ann Drake, Blount County Family Promise Day Center chair. She said she became aware ...
- Minister helps the homeless get a new start
- In June she was hired as Family Promise of Beaufort County's first director, a position she calls "a dream job." "I really love the interfaith aspect, ...
- Thieves target family shelter
- The long Fourth of July weekend brought unsettling news for the Family Promise of Acadiana shelter on Johnston Street, as the facility was broken into and ...
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