Family Promise Northern Shenandoah Valley

Our conversation today with Sandi Webster, Board President for Family Promise Northern Shenandoah Valley and Robin Russell, program coordinator, gave some insight into the homeless family crisis in our community. We talked about the need, learned the organization's history, how we can help individually and as a community, and got details for their upcoming Night Without a Bed. Family Promise NSV is a faith-based, non-profit, registered tax-exempt charitable organization managed by a volunteer board of directors. They are one of more than 200 affliates in 43 states in the nationwide Family Promise network. They are working to address the crisis of family housing instability and homelessness. Family Promise NSV serves families with children who are experiencing homelessness and those who are unstably housed and at imment risk of becoming homeless. Program participants MUST have at least one child under the age of 18 living with them. They also accept single females who are pregnant (with or without other children) and single moms, single dads, two-parent, and grandparent-led families. Families in their program MUST follow program rules and be committed to becoming self-sufficient. Family Promise NSV provides the tools and guidance to help families improve their income, learn budgeting, household management, and parenting skills. Case management services and other resources, are also offered to help them overcome their housing crisis and maintain housing stability. The Family Promise program is voluntary, so it is up to the families to put the tools and guidance into action. Learn more about how you can help on their website: https://www.familypromisensv.org/ and follow them on Facebook.