COVID-19: Affiliate Spotlight – Family Promise of Greater Savannah
At Family Promise, desperate times call for creative measures. The COVID-19 crisis has been a proving ground for Family Promise Affiliates, volunteers, and partners across the country as service providers resort to unique and creative measures that ensure vulnerable families to continue to receive the support they need while working …
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COVID-19: Affiliate Spotlight – Family Promise Union County
At Family Promise, desperate times call for creative measures. The COVID-19 crisis has been a proving ground for Family Promise Affiliates, volunteers, and partners across the country as service providers resort to unique and creative measures that ensure vulnerable families to continue to receive the support they need while working …
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Voices of Family Promise: T.J. Putnam, Executive Director of Family Promise of the Mid-Willamette Valley
As part of our ongoing conversation on homelessness, we asked members of the Family Promise network and individuals working to serve families experiencing homelessness to share their personal thoughts and reflections on Family Promise and the issue of family homelessness. These writers are true thought leaders, using their skills and …
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COVID-19: Affiliate Spotlight – Family Promise of the Capital Region
At Family Promise, desperate times call for creative measures. The COVID-19 crisis has been a proving ground for Family Promise Affiliates, volunteers, and partners across the country as service providers resort to unique and creative measures that ensure vulnerable families to continue to receive the support they need while working …
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A Message from Warren Harmon, Family Promise Rochester, MN
As part of our ongoing conversation on homelessness, we asked members of the Family Promise network and individuals working to serve families experiencing homelessness to share their personal thoughts and reflections on Family Promise and the issue of family homelessness. These writers are true thought leaders, using their skills and …
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Families at Risk of Homelessness Are Hardest Hit by COVID-19
A message from Family Promise CEO, Claas Ehlers on COVID-19 SUMMIT, NJ—With the outbreak of COVID-19, we face an unprecedented challenge in this country. There is a lot we do not know, but there are some elements we can be sure of as they relate to families who are housing …
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Former AmeriCorps Members Are Making an Impact at Family Promise
This week is AmeriCorps Week, a seven-day stretch where AmeriCorps members and alums are honored for their commitment to service. AmeriCorps’ mission to address communities’ critical needs intersects with Family Promise’s mission to serve families experiencing homelessness through a community-based response. Several Family Promise Affiliates nationwide employ AmeriCorps members …
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CEO Message On COVID-19 to the Family Promise Community
As an organization that serves more than 100,000 people a year, and involves 200,000 volunteers, we have been monitoring the current health crisis. For the past month, we have been working with our Affiliates on contingency plans and public health best practices, sharing guidance from the CDC, and public health …
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Child Homelessness, Then and Now
Child homelessness is not decreasing. 2.5 million kids will experience homelessness in 2020 while 1 in 16 kids under the age of 6 will find themselves without a home. Scroll through the slideshow below to view how the number of school-age children experiencing homelessness has changed since 2009. [metaslider id=41364] …
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Fundraising Tips to Re-Engage Lapsed Donors: Punt the Bunt
By: Melissa Biggar If you’ve worked in fundraising and development for more than five minutes you’ve probably come across the terms LYBUNT and SYBUNT. To those outside the field, these fundraising acronyms may sound like Klingon, but for development officers they’re part of everyday conversation. Pretty self-explanatory …
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Family Promise of Colorado Springs Opens Innovative Shelter
Family Promise of Colorado Springs is ensuring the most vulnerable children and families in their community receive help. The Affiliate recently opened Colorado Springs’ first stand-alone, family-dedicated shelter. It is also Colorado’s first low-barrier family shelter. “We’re able to accept families in whatever place they’re at,” Family Promise of Colorado …
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NBA Hall of Famer and Family Promise Supporter, Alex English, Highlighted by the Charlotte Observer
Recently, the Charlotte Observer published an article and series of videos highlighting Alex English as part of their series “SC Sports: Where are the stars now?”. In the article, English discusses his involvement with Family Promise of the Midlands and his commitment to the Family Promise mission. You can read …
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