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Host Congregations
About four times a year – for a week at a time – each host congregation provides a place to sleep, meals (supper, breakfast and bag lunch) and compassionate hospitality for up to five families at one time. Families are at the host congregations from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. daily with our volunteer coordinators onsite to supervise the program.
Volunteers
Volunteers are the core of the Family Promise network. At the hosting sites, volunteers cook, serve meals, socialize with the guests, assist parents with the children and stay overnight. Volunteers also help with running the Day Center, as well as fundraising activities and guest events.
Guests
Families must be homeless or on the verge of homelessness. Parents must be free of drug and alcohol abuse. We cannot assist persons fleeing domestic violence due to open address postings.
Transportation
A van transports guests daily to and from the Day Center. The van also carries beds and personal belongings from one host congregation to the next.
Day Center
The Day Center is the hub of our network. Guests are brought from the hosting congregations to the Day Center from 7 am to 5 pm, their day time home base. Here, homeless families work one-on-one with a professional case manager to look for employment, housing and address problems that stand in the way of permanent independent housing for these families. The Day Center also provides families a mailing address, a place to shower, and a place to do laundry.
How Family Promise Transitional Shelter Works
