Family Promise of Greater Helena

Building community, strengthening lives. Mission: The mission is to help homeless and low-income families achieve sustainable independence. Company Overview Family Promise®of Greater Helena is a nonprofit organization that helps families with children regain economic stability when they find themselves without housing. Description: Family Promise of Greater Helena is a growing network of congregations and volunteers that provide shelter, meals and comprehensive support services to children who are homeless and their families. Family Promise is one piece of the local community response to Helena?s compelling need for family shelter. General Information: Family Promise of Greater Helena is a developing affiliate of Family Promise®, a national organization committed to helping low income families achieve lasting independence. Familiy Promise brings together faith communities and volunteers to help families who are homeless regain stable footing. Family Promise of Greater Helena is currently mobilizing existing community resources to address homelessness: houses of worship for lodging, congregations for volunteers, social service agencies for assessment and referrals, and existing facilities for day programs. Nationally, 80 percent of the families that IHNs serve go on to long-term housing. In 2009, Family Promise affiliates served more than 47,000 children and adults and involved more than 130,000 volunteers in 5,000 congregations.