Mission and Vision
Mission Statement
Our mission is to provide a community-based approach to assist families with children who are experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity to build patterns and enhance skills that will create sustainable independence.
Why I Volunteer
"Supporting local families is the ultimate way to both give back to our community and to support the future of our children."
— Anthony Crimaldi, Original Board President - 2018
Vision Statement
Our vision is a strong, engaged, inclusive, and equitable Lehigh Valley community where every family has a home, a livelihood, and the opportunity to build a better future.
Our Programs
Our hospitality program offers case management and shelter to families experiencing homelessness in the Lehigh Valley. The program is designed to help individuals achieve sustainable independence while engaging people with diverse backgrounds to come together and form lasting partnerships. Our unique model recognizes that maintaining family units increases successful outcomes. The latter allows couples or a single parents to remain with their children while being sheltered versus being separated by gender. This program offers enrichment to participants and volunteers alike and helps foster self-sufficiency and community engagement.
Services We Provide
Safe overnight and day shelter
Private sleeping space for each family within a congregation
Transportation
An address to receive mail
Three meals per day
Assistance in securing permanent housing
Assistance in gaining employment
Mediation
Education programs
Referrals to service partners
Advocacy
Monitoring and coordination of services
Laundry facilities
Shower facilities
Kitchen facilities
Our aftercare/stabilization program provides one year of follow-up services to our graduate families. During this year our families continue to check in with their case manager. They continue to work on budgets and other life skills. Most importantly we offer guidance to help keep small issues small. Financial assistance is provided if necessary to help keep the families stably housed.
Our Prevention program provides three months of case management and financial assistance to families in the beginning stage of financial hardship. Families who are just starting to fall behind on their rent or their utility bills. Through case management families work on improving their income situation and their budget skills. Whatever is necessary to stay stably housed. The goal for 2022/2023 is to prevent 20 families from becoming homeless.
Family Promise Success Stories
Knowing we had a place to lay your head every night really gave us time to focus on areas of our life we haven’t been able to work on in a while. We were able to get our son straightened out with school which then enabled us to both have jobs. What surprised us the most was the amount of knowledge and resources that were given to us. In the past we heard a lot of we don’t know or there isn’t any help. Family Promise guided us and gave us the tools to help ourselves. “I feel we were able to accomplish something because we really wanted it and we finally were given the tools to do it. We thank you all for the help and time you gave our family. “ —Z & M 11/20
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