Our Mission
With a compassionate approach, our team is dedicated to ending homelessness in Washington County. By offering resources and services to individuals and families at risk, we aim to rebuild lives and provide a safe and stable housing solution. Our organization provides a continuum of care, supporting those experiencing homelessness from their initial call for help until they secure housing. We are committed to assisting our clients every step of the way.
What we do
Family Shelter and Interfaith Hospitality Network – IHN
The overall goal and purpose of Family Promise is to provide children and their families as well as single women with shelter, basic needs and assistance as they seek permanent housing. Family Promise is unique in that it does not split up families during their crisis.
IHN is also unique in that it is able to meet the emergency needs of the families we serve through the hard work of a small staff and volunteers. With the united support of over 20 churches, the local Interfaith Hospitality Network serves up to 14 individuals daily; providing shelter, three daily meals and hospitality. The majority of the work is provided through 13 Host Congregations and 7 Support Congregations who house families in their facilities every night.
Our 5 program segments to achieve independence:
Host Congregations/Support Congregations: We are able to utilize existing community resources of the congregations to make every dollar count.
Volunteers: All the evening activities of housing, feeding, encouraging and interacting with the children and families are conducted by volunteers.
Social Service Agencies: Through the use of our office and case manager they are able to access community resources to search for employment and housing.
Day Center: During the day, families come to a “home base” which is our on-site Day Center, where they are busy taking care of family business.
Transportation: Key to their success is the fact that every family is connected to the community through volunteers at the congregations.
Families are able to build a new community network that helps them achieve their goals of independence.
This past year 3,000 Nights of Shelter and 10,000 meals were served by our host and support congregations.
Our Facility:
Emergency Shelter provided for individual men and women, families with children and certified service pets are allowed with proper documentation.
Warming & Cooling for any individual that wants to drop in that is experiencing homelessness is provided at our location. A walk-in client is provided a meal, shower, access to personal hygiene products, connections with resources and much more.
Cultivated Resources for weekly experiences such as budgeting education, support groups, employment building, school resources and much more.
Family Promise of Washington County has dedicated staff to solidify case management, child specific services and on-site safety and security protocols. It was designed to accommodate up to 58 individuals with fully equipped living spaces and shelter rooms and the following are listed below.
Location: 450 E. Water Street
Parking: Conveniently located in front of our facility
Safety: A well-protected building with access controls, surveillance cameras, and round-the-clock trained staff
Offices: Well-furnished office space and meeting rooms available for the privacy of our program participants.
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