"Family Promise" is a way for congregations to work together to provide emergency shelter for homeless families. CBS 12 did a segment on B'nai Torah Congregation and Family Promise of SPBC (CBS Cares, Gift of Giving, Boca Raton, Suzanne Boyd, 11/14/08) and you can see it on your computer.

Click on any of these links to learn more about Family Promise.

• Family Promise
• Interfaith Hospitality Networks
• Family Promise of Las Vegas
• Family Promise of Santa Rosa, Florida
• Family Promise of Hawaii
• Just Neighbors
• Family Promise case study
• Family Promise financial evaluation

Here are some other important links for learning about homelessness.

• Jacobs Ladder
• The Homeless Coalition of Palm Beach County
• The Florida Coalition for the Homeless
• The National Coalition for the Homeless
• The National Alliance to End Homelessness
• Housing First: Ending Family Homelessness

We have several video's (all are on both VHS and DVD, except the IHN Experience). We have:

• IHN: Community Response for Homeless Families (11 minutes, Family Promise intro video)
• Recruiting Host Congregations (20 minutes, for recruitment of congregations)
• How Can I help? Talking with Guests and Volunteers (.. minutes, Family Promise sensitivity, volunteer training video)
• The IHN Experience (5 minutes, new in 2007, great for perspective donors)
• Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust (13 minutes, DVD only, 2 versions: high school & grade school)