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Causes: Homeless & Housing, Homeless Shelters
Mission: To provide homeless families with children the tools necessary to achieve long term financial, parental, and personal self-sufficiency through a comprehensive program of temporary housing, case management, and supportive services.
Programs: Family promise of lubbock serves families without regard to race, ethnicity, age, or orientation. Of the families completing the family promise program, 91% remained employed and in sustainable housing at 6 months. The family mentoring program trains mentors to offer both practical and emotional support by helping to recognize and appreciate the family's unique strengths, define and set goals and action steps, encourage family members to take action toward their goals, review progress regularly, provide a link to the larger community by identifying and locating community resources, and to celebrate each achievement along the way.