Family Promise
Give Them Shelter Walk: October 8, 2011
Ottowa Park at 8:45 a.m.
Join us for the 2nd annual Give Them Shelter Walk to raise
awareness of family homelessness in our community and raising
money to support Family Promise of Greater Toledo.Newsletter - September 2011
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Family Promise of Greater Toledo. A link to the newsletter
has been added to LINKS menu.Family Homelessness
Living without a safe, warm place to sleep, to eat, and to care for children - being without the security of familiar people and things - this is homelessness. The loss of a home is a crisis for anyone, but is especially so for families.
Every child deserves a safe home, a bed to sleep in, and enough food to eat. With your help, we can make it happen!
Interfaith Hospitality Network
A mother loses her job, a father is kept from working by an injury, a family is forced from their home by fire or natural disaster. Healthcare costs soar, public transportation is underfunded, affordable housing is almost impossible to find. These are the reasons why families now make up 40 percent of the homeless population, and why one out of every four homeless people is a child.
In response to this crisis, the Interfaith Hospitality Network brings the faith community together to help families regain their housing, independence, and dignity. IHN is a partnership of congregations within a community helping families who are facing homelessness. It offers an opportunity for volunteers of all faiths to reduce homelessness and transform lives.
Interfaith Hospitality Networks mobilizes community resources: houses of worship for lodging, congregations for volunteers, social service agencies for assessment and referrals, and existing facilities for day programs. This strategy enables networks to help homeless families achieve sustainable independence at a third of the cost of traditional shelters.
Nationally, 80 percent of the families that IHNs serve go on to long-term housing. In 2008, Family Promise affiliates served more than 45,000 children and adults and involved more than 125,000 volunteers in 5,000 congregations.