IRCF Awards The Hope for Families Center $50,000
Founded in 1991, The Hope for Families Center helps transition families from homelessness to sustainable permanent housing by providing safe shelter, food, employment, and other supportive services. This organization values the family and helps break the cycle of generational poverty and homelessness. Indian River Community Foundation recently awarded The Hope for Families Center $50,000 from the Community Enrichment Fund to support their shelter program.
The Hope for Families Center shelter program promotes stability, dignity, and self-reliance by teaching homeless families the habits and routines they need to thrive. Residents are provided with shelter, food, financial literacy courses which results in job placement, creating a family budget, and saving 75% of their income with the goal of finding affordable housing when available. Children are placed in nearby schools or daycare where their school attendance and progress is tracked. Children also participate in after-school programs, as well as summer and winter camps. The environment is safe, structured, and stable to help families reestablish their independence.
Through this program, 70% of families in the shelter become employed and are able to secure permanent housing. The Hope for Families Center remains committed to serving all families in need, and offers programming that is designed to be inclusive, trauma-informed, and responsive to the diverse cultural and economic backgrounds of the families they serve.
Indian River Community Foundation’s discretionary grantmaking is aligned with a vision of a more healthy, prosperous, and generous Indian River County community. Grantmaking priorities are informed by the findings of the most recent community needs assessment and the most current data and information collected on Indian River Indicators.
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