Family Promise of Midland Texas

Families forward transitional housing (ff) - we operate eight duplexes with fifteen units of three bedroom/three baths and one unit with two bedrooms/two baths. The complex includes a basketball court and a playground. Families pay a monthly program fee that assists in the costs of providing free case management, free utilities, and free child care. Families may live in these units for up to 2 years. While in the program, families work diligently in reducing their debt, increasing their savings, and increasing their employability for long term gain. Families are required to save 20% of their earned income and attend monthly parent trainings. Two units have been designated as income restricted (less than or equal to 30% of take-home income) and/or rapid rehousing.during 2022, we served 19 families including 19 adults and 49 children under 18 for a total of 68 individuals served. Two families graduated the program and moved to purchased or rented housing. Six families left the program during the year and eleven familes remained in the program at year end.

Midland interfaith hospitality network (mihn) - Family Promise of Midland currently has 12 congregations supporting this program. Family Promise may serve up to 4 families at a time; 14 people. While in the program, the adults are required to work full-time, go to school full-time, or a combination thereof. Families work with a case manager on short-term objectives, obtaining long-term goals. All families have credit reports run and then begin on increasing their credit scores, while reducing debt. In addition, all families are required to save 80% of their earned income in their own bank accounts. Parents are also required to attend monthly trainings, including financial literacy training. The average stay in the mihn for families is 81 days. We served 14 families during 2022 including 14 adults and 28 children under 18 for a toal of 42 individuals served. Three families graduated either to our families forward program, hud housing, income-restricted housing or market rate housing. Six families left the program during the year and three families remained in the programs at year end.