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From our CEO: Attending the Housing, Not Handcuffs Conference and Advocating for #HCYA

July 13, 2018 | Voices of Family Promise

In the mid 1980s several heroes of the fight against homelessness emerged. One of them was our founder, Karen Olson. Another was Maria    Foscarinis, who was an architect of the McKinney-Vento Act, the most important legislation relating to homelessness ever written. Each year, Maria’s organization—the National Law Center on  …
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Family Promise/Humi Partnership Expands in Year Two

July 10, 2018 | National News

Even though Carmen was working long hours as a certified nursing assistant, she was having trouble paying rent on the apartment she shared with her 2 daughters. Michelle’s husband abruptly turned her family out of their home, but only after depleting the savings she had from her consignment shop. These …
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Family Promise Bridges the Gap between America’s Dairyland and the land of Mardi Gras

July 9, 2018 | Success Stories

Every day,   Family Promise   Affiliates make    a difference in the lives of    local    children and    their parents. But sometimes the    Family Promise “family”    bridges many miles. All it took was one late rent check for James, Nadine, and their two young children to lose …
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The Power of Knowledge

June 18, 2018 | Success Stories

Single mom Tiffanie has always believed education is the key to the future, even setting an example for her four children by enrolling in a nurse assistant certification program. But as a student with no reliable income, when she lost her home after a divorce she and her children, ages …
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Father and son rebuild their life after nearly falling into homelessness

June 14, 2018 | Success Stories

Working an unpredictable stream of odd jobs in merchandising for the entertainment industry, John was often on the road. He traveled to sporting events, concerts — any venue where he saw an opportunity to make money. But when he received sole custody of his young son DJ after his divorce, he realized …
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Houses for Change Marks 500th Sale

June 12, 2018 | National News

Houses for Change creator Mark Wasserman and two young students decorating their donation boxes. Children are our future, as the song goes, but, thanks to Houses for Change, concerned kids nationwide are also having a real impact on family homelessness today.  This month, Family Promise celebrated the 500th sale of …
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Family Promise Announces Board Transitions

May 25, 2018 | National News

Family Promise, the leading nonprofit engaging communities across the country to address family homelessness, continues to evolve as it celebrates 30 years transforming lives and empowering families as a national organization. That change starts at the top, and Family Promise recently announced several leadership changes to their National Board of …
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Family Promise CEO Claas Ehlers appears on Jeff Olivet’s Changing the Conversation podcast

Family Promise CEO Claas Ehlers speaks with Jeff Olivet about Family Promise’s work engaging communities to support families experiencing homelessness and how the Bassuk Center partnership will inform and strengthen those efforts. https://familypromise.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/t3_podcast_S3_Claas_Ehlers_Edited_v2_mixdown.mp3  
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National Leaders on Homelessness Join Forces

May 21, 2018 | National News

  Family Promise and    The    Bassuk    Center    on    Homeless    and Vulnerable Children &    Youth proudly announce a new partnership to address    the critical issue    of family homelessness.  The two organizations are joining forces with other direct service providers, forming a National Network …
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Volunteer Spotlight: Leonard Prentice

  Leonard Prentice and his bike in front of the Family Promise national office. Leonard Prentice has been the overnight host for Family Promise Union County’s shelter program at Calvary Episcopal Church for about four years, consistently spending the night with families experiencing homelessness. Prentice, as he is known in …
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Family Promise hosts its first Garden of Hope Party

May 15, 2018 | National News

April showers might bring flowers in May, but Family Promise gives families in need the seeds to grow and bloom all year long. On May 10th, Family Promise hosted its first Garden of Hope Party at Summit’s Reeves-Reed Arboretum where, surrounded by lush flowering spring gardens, friends and supporters met …
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$25,000 Grant from Central Presbyterian Church Boosts Family Promise Volunteerism

May 10, 2018 | Affiliate News

CPC’s Mission Committee co-chairs Bill Anderson and Kevin Hill present check to Cara Bradshaw and Amy Jones of Family Promise.   SUMMIT, NJ—A $25,000 grant from the Lena Willis Mission Endowment Fund of Central Presbyterian Church is helping local volunteers participate in Family Promise’s effort to prevent homelessness and to …
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