12/15/2021
LATEST NEWS FROM FAMILY PROMISE
The Family Promise Board recently participated in a “Strategic Planning” session led by professional facilitator, Dorothy Lindgren, who is a long time friend and donor to Family Promise. The Board is fully engaged in what the future of Family Promise might look like and what steps need to be taken to implement those plans. More to come on our future plans in the coming months. In the near term, given the realities we face as to when the congregations might reopen to outsiders, as well as the health and well being of our volunteers, the Family Promise Board has decided that for now, we cannot return to our original model of housing our families. Instead, through the remainder of 2021 and through 2022, we plan to continue using the local hotel that has worked so well for us and the families during the COVID-19 pandemic. We will need your help to achieve this goal. Housing our guests at the hotel has proven to be an effective way to keep the program running, our volunteers engaged. Our graduation rate remains high as does our ability to place in families in permanent or transitional housing. But the hotel is far more expensive than the traditional model and requires more resources than we’ve needed before on a monthly basis. The Board has formed an Ad Hoc Committee of five members to study and recommend how we proceed beyond 2022. The Co-chairs of this Committee are Becky Rule and Tim Lumsden and they invite your ideas and suggestions. Thank you again to all of our supporters and volunteers for all you have done and continue to do to help us carry out the vital mission of Family Promise. We will continue to need your help and generosity as we move into the next chapter of Family Promise.
