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What is Family Promise of North-Central Palm Beach County?
It is a charitable organization composed of a network of host and sponsor faith communities of many religions and denominations. It is the faith communities of North-Central Palm Beach Counties response to homelessness for families with children. The program is to bring immediate but temporary shelter, meals, and support services to homeless families. The goal is to restore the families to long term self sufficiency.

Family Promise of North-Central Palm Beach County is new! This mission is opening its doors for the first time in 2009. While Family Promise is new to Palm Beach County, there are nationally 139 chapters and more opening every year.

The Family Promise program is a cost-efficient, effective, and replicable community response to family homelessness. Because we make use of existing community resources, we can implement quickly, without major start-up costs

Mission Statement:
Provide active assistance in helping low-income families with children in North-Central Palm Beach County to achieve lasting independence and to redress the underlying causes of poverty and homelessness in our county.

Our 2009 Goals are:
  • Open our doors for the first time to homeless families residing in North-Central Palm Beach County in 2009
  • Enroll multiple situationally homeless families with children in our program in calendar year 2009. We expect to have approximately 14 family members.
  • Bring 80% of those enrolled in 2009 to self sufficiency which means permanent housing for the family and employment for the head of household.

Four key elements to achieving our mission:
  • Training volunteers as mentors to homeless families.
  • Organizing congregations to provide shelter, meals, and comprehensive support services to homeless families.
  • Promoting and supporting the growth of new communities of congregations.
  • Searching for adequate housing and support services for low-income families.



Did you know?

Homeless Facts

National Facts:
Over the course of a year, 3.5 million people experience homelessness; 1.35 million of them are children (NCH, June 2006).
Families are the fastest growing segment of the homeless population, representing about 40% of all homeless people (NCH, June 2006).

Palm Beach County Facts:
In the 2007-2008 school year, 185 public schools (96%) reported at least one family experiencing homelessness
There were over 2200 reported homeless children in Palm Beach County school systems.
540 of those reported in North-Central Palm Beach County school systems.
46 children reported in the Boca Raton school system.




Students at the Mirochnick Religious School at B'nai Torah Congregation in Boca Raton make tzedakah boxes to help Family Promise. Watch this Channel 12 news story!