Family Promise of Jacksonville

Shelter - since 2006, Family Promise of jacksonville partners with local congregations to provide families experiencing homelessness the resources to remove barriers while providing shelter. The 14 sponsoring congregations provide groceries and meals on a rotating basis while Family Promise offers intensive case management focused on affordable housing, gainful employment, financial awareness, education and other social service needs. Family Promise keeps families together instead of separated in different sections of a shelter. It can serve single mothers, single fathers, two- parent families, grandparents raising grandchildren. In 2023, Family Promise sheltered 12 families with a total of 46 Family members, 17 adults and 29 children. 88% of the families successfully graduated with 93% of adults in the temporary shelter were employed when they graduated. Average length of stay in the shelter was 53 days.

Housing stability - a community-wide effort to move those impacted by covid to housing. Using cares act funds, the motel to housing program's goal is to provide improved shelter for those at risk of complications from covid- 19. Motels to housing program to move those living in motels to permanent housing. In 2023, Family Promise assisted 33 families with a total of 104 Family members, 33 adults and 71 children.

Family support - jacksonville faces a critical shortage of shelter beds for families experiencing homelessness. In 2019, Family Promise created a new solution, the Family support program. It combines case management, resources and encouragement with the goal of moving families from uncertainty to stability. In 2023, Family Promise assisted 34 families with a total of 181 Family members, 68 adults and 133 children. 84% of the families in the Family support programs maintained or improved their income.