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FAMILY PROMISE OF SACRAMENTO

Helping one family at a time

aka Sacramento Family Promise   |   Sacramento, CA   |  familypromisesacramentoca.org

Mission

Family Promise of Sacramento's mission is to help homeless and low-income families achieve sustainable independence through a community-based response.

We are a 24 hour/7 day-a-week shelter/program that immerses homeless and low-income families into a community committed to overcome their homelessness. Our program addresses the range of issues that affect low-income families. These include direct services, educational curricula, prevention programs and more.

Ruling year info

1998

Executive Director

Ms Marsha Spell

Main address

PO Box 1378 165 Commerce Circle, Suite A

Sacramento, CA 95815 USA

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Formerly known as

Interfaith Hospitality Network

EIN

68-0404332

NTEE code info

Family Services (P40)

Housing Search Assistance (L30)

IRS filing requirement

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

No problems to report except our county needs more low income housing

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

Family Promise of Sacramento

How does a family get from homeless to self-sufficient? Upon intake the family identifies their needs and sets goals with help from a Case Manager. They then begin collecting their personal documents needed to apply for direct services, educational opportunities, prevention programs, and more. The parent(s) enroll their children in the nearby neighborhood schools with the best effort made to maintain previous enrollments. Our downtown location, known as the Day Center, is used as a safe environment, set up as a home to maintain the family’s personal care. While there they seek and secure permanent housing, search and train for jobs, access health care, and schedule to attend various life skill classes. Classes include but are not limited to parenting, time and money management, job training, the interview process, healthy relationships, and overcoming domestic violence. The family has the ultimate responsibility for their success. As the family transitions through the program they (a) save 70% of all income they receive after paying minimal living expenses; savings that will be put toward first and last month’s rent and other expenses incurred when moving to stable housing, and (b) apply for and access any and all outside services for which they are eligible. In the evening the families are transported to one of 32 churches or synagogues, the volunteer interfaith network Family Promise collaborates with. There they are served a nutritious dinner and housed overnight. In the morning a healthy breakfast is provided before the families return to the Day Center.

Population(s) Served

Where we work

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

To transition homeless families from the streets of Sacramento into transitional or permanent housing after coming through our 90 day program.

We are equipped to have 4 families come through our program at a time. We have a intake process that is set up to help the lest needed of the families first so we can get as many families through our program as possible. We are also working closely with several transitional housing units so we can place families into housing in less than 90 days. Our current placement time is 54 days.

With what we currently have in place we have been able to assist 18 families placed into housing in 2018. Our goal was 12. That is with four families staying 90 days, but since our housing has come through sooner than expected we have been able to place 18 families. Since we formed in 2005 we have placed 250 families with only one gone back to homelessness.

Graduated 250 families from the program which consist of 322 Adults and 487 children. We have had 16 get their GED's and 16 graduate college and are now giving back to Family Promise. We have had 10 purchase homes. 75% of families are employed.

We have two major fundraisers and wonderful grant writers to make sure we have the fund need to continue our mission. We continue to have 32 congregations proving overnight stays and meals for our families. We have a strong and committed Board of Directors moving us in the right direction to continue our mission.

Financials

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Operations

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FAMILY PROMISE OF SACRAMENTO

Board of directors
as of 08/19/2024
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

MRS Chris Hines

retired

Term: 2021 - 2025

Barabra Flanigan

Treasurer

Libby Fernandez

Advisory

Lisha Radman-Faulkner

Vice Chair

Dorothy Smith

member

Rich Koppes

member

Tim Lumsden

member

Mike Cushing

member

Annie Marie Hooper

member

Mark Lingren

member

Mary McDonald

member

Helen Nusbaum

member

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 2/23/2022
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
White/Caucasian/European
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual or Straight
Disability status
Person without a disability

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

Transgender Identity

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability

No data

Equity strategies

Last updated: 02/02/2022

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Data
  • We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
  • We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
  • We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
  • We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
  • We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
  • We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
  • We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
  • We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.