FamilyAid

Familyaid is Boston's largest organization solely dedicated to children and parents facing homelessness, providing education and training, prevention services, emergency shelter, temporary and permanent housing and support and comprehensive case management to 4,700 children and parents in fy24. Our work includes: 2gen services utilizing evidence-based models from the aspen institute, Familyaid reduces the amount of time families experience the trauma of homelessness. Employing direct support to increase families' access and utilization of employment and housing services, early education, primary and behavioral health, food access, and academic support services, Familyaid has helped its clients move from crisis to stability within 8 months. Homelessness prevention: Familyaid's early intervention model mitigates the trauma and financial ruin of homelessness by addressing crises "upstream," before families enter the eviction process. Prevention partners Boston public schools and Boston children's hospital identify families facing homelessness and refer them to Familyaid for comprehensive services that restore stability and lead to long-term success. In the past years, we prevented 2,430 children and parents from falling into homeless shelters and the streets. Temporary housing and emergency services: Familyaid provided educational programs, shelter, temporary housing and permanent housing placement and comprehensive case management to 684 children and parents in fy24. It broke ground on a new family navigation center that will open in fy25. Stabilization: all children and parents engaged with Familyaid receive an array of stabilization services over a one-year period to promote long-term self-sufficiency. In fy24, case managers provided stabilization services to 1581 children and parents. With an annual housing retention rate of 97%. Systemic change: Familyaid continued to facilitate chime, a multi-year, multi-sector collaboration to map and improve the systems of social services for children experiencing homelessness. By identifying gaps, stakeholders will be able to implement more effective, coordinated services while building public support for policies that improve the overall system of services for children experiencing homelessness. A broad coalition of more than 200 nonprofit providers, agency leaders, educators, policymakers, families experiencing homelessness and other allies have participated to date.