Family Promise is a holistic approach to the crisis of family homelessness. Our programs address the range of issues that affect low-income families. These include direct services, educational curricula, prevention programs and more.
The hosting of families rotates weekly among the Host Congregations in the Network. In turn, each host congregation provides lodging, three meals a day, and caring hospitality 3-4 times a year. Support Congregations do not host families but instead assist a Host Congregation when they host families and/or provide financial support. We are always looking for more congregations who believe in our cause.
Guests will use a local Day Center from 7:30 AM to 6:00 PM, where a professional case worker will provide case management services. There, guests pursue employment, tend pre-school children, shower, and do laundry. The Day Center provides guests with a mailing address and a base for housing and employment searches during the day.
Volunteers are essential to our success and provide a wide range of services like cooking and serving meals, entertaining children or helping them with homework, interacting with guests with respect and compassion, and providing overnight security.
Family Promise of Grayson County has a program van which is used to carry bedding and personal belongings to the next Host Congregation weekly. The van is also used to collect any donations made to the Network and for transportation.
The organization is financed through donations, grants, and fundraising events. Most of the monies are raised by the individuals in the organization. The congregations may also take a financial role in support of the Network.
Local social service agencies are essential to our work, refer families to the Network and may also help guests find or provide housing, jobs, and other needed services.