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What is Family Promise of South Palm Beach County?
It is a charitable organization composed of a network of host and sponsor faith communities of many religions and denominations. It is the faith communities of South Palm Beach Counties response to homelessness for families with children. The program is to bring immediate but temporary shelter, meals, and support services to homeless families. The goal is to restore the families to long term self sufficiency.

Family Promise of South Palm Beach County has been serving homeless families with children in Palm Beach County since November of 2008. There are over150 affiliates throughout the nation and more opening every year.

The Family Promise program is a cost-efficient, effective, and replicable community response to family homelessness. Because we make use of existing community resources, we can implement quickly, without major start-up costs

Mission Statement:
Believing that every child deserves a home, we exist to provide temporary shelter for homeless families in South Palm Beach County so that they can achieve lasting independence.

Our 2009 Goals are:
  • Goal 1Empower Mission
  • FPSPBC will have a strong record of performance in the placement of homeless families.
  • Goal 2Build the Network
  • FPSPBC will have a dynamic and growing interfaith congregational network.
  • Goal 3Secure Finances
  • FPSPBC will be financially stable.
  • Goal 4Establish Leadership
  • FPSPBC will be the recognized leader in addressing family homelessness in South Palm Beach County.



Did you know?

Homelessness among children increased dramatically in Palm Beach County:

The Palm Beach County School System reported a large increase in homeless students during 2009

There were over 1400 reported homeless children in Palm Beach County
school systems.

 
National Facts:
Over the course of a year, 3.5 million people experience homelessness; 1.35 million of them are children.
Families are the fastest growing segment of the homeless population, representing about 40% of all homeless people (NCH, June 2006).




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Click me to watch a video of the 2009 Annual Mtg