Family Promise of Hall County

In 2022, we served 1,497 unique individuals (720 unique families). Community outreach includes the following community-based programs: - the l.i.f.e. Program "local initiative for Family empowerment" provides workshops for low-income families in Hall County that cultivates healthy relationships and equips families with practical life skills training. This program covers various topics including financial literacy, parenting, healthy living, job skills, and career development. This program allows Family Promise and other organizations to facilitate continued success and accountability for families by maintaining partnerships with past and current clients. In 2022, 30 families were served through the l.i.f.e program. - christmas Promise store: the organization held their first christmas Promise store in 2018. A small fee is charged to shop, and each Family may select three gifts per child. In 2022, 272 children received christmas presents. - diaper bank: in october 2018, Family Promise of Hall County and junior league of Hall County partnered with the diaper bank of north Georgia for Family Promise to be a community distribution site to provide free diapers to families in need. Family Promise opens the homestead to the public, utilizing volunteers to greet the families, help record information, and hand out diapers. Little steps community daycare also receives diapers from the diaper bank for the children in the daycare program. In 2022, 347 households received diapers. - Family food market: Family Promise of Hall County and neg food bank partnered to be a community distribution site food pantry. In 2022, 466 families were served. - emergency rental assistance program (erap): Family Promise assisted Hall County with processing applications for covid rental assistance. In 2021, 87 families were assisted with rental assistance. - in 2022, we provided financial assistance to 44 individuals among 12 families, 27 were children.

Little steps community day care is a licensed child care option for families referred to Family Promise by our community partner agencies. It provides parents with quality child care on a sliding scale. In 2022, we served 49 children.

The empowerment program (short-term housing program), is for homeless families with children. It is located at the Family Promise homestead site and offers an affordable housing alternative. Families have bedrooms onsite and a childcare facility. The Family Promise homestead houses management, staff, and classroom areas, as well as donated supplies, laundry facilities and a kitchen for families with children who are experiencing homelessness. In january of 2022, three Family rooms opened at the homestead and eight additional Family rooms are almost complete. This will give us 11 bedrooms for the empowerment program beginning in october 2023. Families will shelter onsite instead of how the model once worked with rotating among host congregations. A primary benefit is the ability to serve additional families with one or more parents who work evening or nighttime hours. Families in the empowerment program are case managed and are required to attend l.i.f.e program classes. For the year ended 2022, we served 13 families and 27 children through the empowerment program.

Next step affordable housing program provides affordable housing opportunities to graduates of the empowerment program. While staying in these homes the families are case managed, have home visits to ensure the home is being cared for properly, and are required to attend l.i.f.e. Program classes. Families are also required to set aside savings each month as if they were paying rent (which will be returned to them upon finding permanent affordable housing) and pay utilities each month.