Our Impact
Family Promise allows communities to develop comprehensive, holistic solutions for families facing homelessness. Families come to us in crisis; our approach of coordinated compassion helps them rebuild their lives with new skills and ongoing support
CHANGING LIVES
Over the past 15 years, we have provided shelter, meals, case management, homelessness prevention and stabilization services to nearly 1500 family members.
KEEPING FAMILIES TOGETHER
We believe families should stay together — not be separated — during the most difficult times in their lives.
ACHIEVING SUCCESS
On average, 89% of families in our shelter program secure housing because of our intensive case management and community support.
ENGAGING VOLUNTEERS
We mobilize dedicated volunteers giving more than 10,000 hours annually who make a tremendous difference in families’ lives—and in their communities.
WORKING SMART
Our administrative costs are spread over both direct income and in-kind expenses, it is approximately 6% of the total budget. We do our best to keep up with the ever-growing need and keep our operating costs low by utilizing talented volunteers and interns.
LOCAL IMPACT
In 2021, Family Promise of Delco provided 1128 nights of emergency shelter. We served a total of 16 families in need, a total of 48 individuals and 43% of the children served where under the age of 5. We provided over 420 hours of case management and our volunteers gave over 10,000 hours of their time supporting our mission.
OUR IMPACT
6%
of our budget covers administrative costs
89%
of families sheltered find housing
43%
of children sheltered are under 5 years
10K
volunteers hours engaged community-wide