FAMILY PROMISE MAT-SU
Physical:
561 W. Nelson Avenue
Wasilla, AK 99654
Mailing:
PO Box 870587
Wasilla, Alaska 99687
Telephone: 907.357.6160
Fax: 907.357.6110
Email: promise@mtaonline.net
National: www.familypromise.org
561 W. Nelson Avenue
Wasilla, AK 99654
Mailing:
PO Box 870587
Wasilla, Alaska 99687
Telephone: 907.357.6160
Fax: 907.357.6110
Email: promise@mtaonline.net
National: www.familypromise.org
"Your Community Response For Families Without Housing."
Family Promise Mat-Su mobilizes community resources and local congregations to provide compassionate care through shelter, meals, and case management
to families without housing.
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Our shelter program serves Mat-Su families with children under the age of 18, expectant Moms, single Moms and single Dad's with children under 18. Over 50% of our guests are under the age of 5 years old. Homelessness overtakes families for a myriad of reasons:
- Family dissolution
- Loss of home through disaster
- Medical Issues causing job loss
- Lack of job opportunities (with a living wage)
- Lack of affordable housing
- or even poor choices by adults
There is never a case where the children should be without a home.
In the Family Promise model, area churches offer overnight shelter and hospitality while homeless families participate in rigorous case management and family strategic planning. Children attend their school of origin, or attend day care while their parents are working to acheive their goals. These include gaining employment, life skills and budgeting help, medical and public assistance benefits, attaining transportation, using thrift store vouchers for personal items, saving their food stamps and 80% of their income for future housing. In an average of 34 days, our guest families acheive these goals and move into their own homes.
The positive mentoring and hospitality of congregation members and volunteers mean the world to our families and many long-term relationships are formed!
Family Promise also distributes Basic Homeless Prevention funding from HUD, which can assist in avoiding homelessness by paying a portion of rent to folks with an eviction notice, or with utilities. Also, this funding can be used to place the homeless into housing, once they are financially sustainable.
In the Family Promise model, area churches offer overnight shelter and hospitality while homeless families participate in rigorous case management and family strategic planning. Children attend their school of origin, or attend day care while their parents are working to acheive their goals. These include gaining employment, life skills and budgeting help, medical and public assistance benefits, attaining transportation, using thrift store vouchers for personal items, saving their food stamps and 80% of their income for future housing. In an average of 34 days, our guest families acheive these goals and move into their own homes.
The positive mentoring and hospitality of congregation members and volunteers mean the world to our families and many long-term relationships are formed!
Family Promise also distributes Basic Homeless Prevention funding from HUD, which can assist in avoiding homelessness by paying a portion of rent to folks with an eviction notice, or with utilities. Also, this funding can be used to place the homeless into housing, once they are financially sustainable.
Family Promise Mat-Su Orientation
September 13th, 2016 at 5:30 pm
At our Day Center/Offices
561 W. Nelson Av, Wasilla
RSVP at promise@mtaonline.net
Come learn what a blessing this program is,
and how we help families accomplish their goals.
Also learn how you and your congregations/service groups can be involved!
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Please consider helping relieve our current funding-gap by becoming a sustaining donor!
Visit our Support Page at:
http://www.familypromisematsu.org/Support_Family_Promise.html
Thank you so much!
Your donations are crucial to this ministry! :)
Family Promise Mat-Su Orientation
September 13th, 2016 at 5:30 pm
At our Day Center/Offices
561 W. Nelson Av, Wasilla
RSVP at promise@mtaonline.net
Come learn what a blessing this program is,
and how we help families accomplish their goals.
Also learn how you and your congregations/service groups can be involved!
At our Day Center/Offices
561 W. Nelson Av, Wasilla
RSVP at promise@mtaonline.net
Come learn what a blessing this program is,
and how we help families accomplish their goals.
Also learn how you and your congregations/service groups can be involved!
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Please consider helping relieve our current funding-gap by becoming a sustaining donor!
Visit our Support Page at:
http://www.familypromisematsu.org/Support_Family_Promise.html
Thank you so much!
Your donations are crucial to this ministry! :)
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Register early!
It's 7/17!!
