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Family Promise of the Midlands, Inc.

Every child deserves a home.

Columbia, SC   |  www.familypromisemidlands.org

Mission

Our mission is to help families experiencing homelessness in their quest to achieve sustainable independence.

Ruling year info

2009

Executive Director

Jeffrey Armstrong

Main address

1333 Omarest Drive

Columbia, SC 29210 USA

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EIN

26-4259689

NTEE code info

Homeless Services/Centers (P85)

Temporary Shelter For the Homeless (L41)

IRS filing requirement

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Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

To help families experiencing situational homelessness and housing instability achieve sustainable independence. We also aim to educate our volunteers and supporters through trainings and direct volunteer experiences.

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?

Homelessness Prevention, Shelter, Transitional Housing, Stabilization Services, Tomorrow's Promise

Through our model with partnering Congregations, utilizing various community partnerships, or finding other creative housing solutions, we support families experiencing homelessness by providing Temporary, Static Site Shelter and Transitional Housing.

Our Tomorrow's Promise Program contains three primary pillars: stopping families from experiencing homelessness by preventing eviction, assisting with move-in expenses, and providing additional services as needed; supporting students who are part of families having housing stability issues with enrichment activities; and holding community engagement events, that include financial literacy, professional developments, and entertaining activities for the entire family.

Our Stabilization program ensures that graduating families remain stable in their housing, thus, reducing the recidivism rate back to homelessness.

All of our programming includes case management support.

Population(s) Served
Adults
Children and youth
Families
Economically disadvantaged people

Where we work

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Number of homeless participants engaged in housing services

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Age groups, Families, Economically disadvantaged people

Related Program

Homelessness Prevention, Shelter, Transitional Housing, Stabilization Services, Tomorrow's Promise

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

The totals for 2020-2022 reflect all unique individuals served across all of our programs. The total for 2019 is a subset of all programs, specifically the sheltering program.

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn more about Sustainable Development Goals.

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.

We have five core programs aimed at preventing homelessness, stabilizing families to remain in housing, providing temporary shelter, supporting students who are part of families having housing stability issues and transitional housing.

Each of these programs ensures that the child or children remain with their parent or caregiver and that we are reducing the trauma and focused on providing stability.

The temporary shelter and transitional housing programs serve as static sites that provide opportunities for our volunteers to engage with our families and work with them on their path to stability.

We have developed two new programs since 2020. One is Tomorrow's Promise. This program supports students who are part of families having housing stability issues with enrichment activities including athletics, music, art, etc. We also hold community engagement events that include financial literacy, professional development, and entertaining activities for the entire family. The second program is called 25 by 2025. This relates to our goal of having 25 different housing options for families experiencing homelessness by 2025. We are working closely with our partners in the faith based community to help us bolster our housing inventory. Our church volunteers in these communities will provide various levels of assistance to support the families in the housing.

Partnerships will be critical in helping our families achieve sustainable independence.

We partner with 33 different congregations locally. Additionally, we are working with various children and youth programs to provide positive experiences for the children we serve. Our Opportunity Center will be the hub for many of these activities.

This past summer (2021), we partnered with Camp Cole to help develop Camp Impact. We were able to send 83 children, who were either experiencing homelessness or have experienced homelessness, to overnight camp for a week long. 80 children had never been to a camp before, and many of them were able to learn how to swim, fish, ride horses, etc. for the first time.

In 2020, we received our first transitional home and we were able to develop housing partnerships to get us closer to our goal of 25 housing options by 2025.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Family Promise of the Midlands, Inc.

Board of directors
as of 10/03/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Mr. Jeff Thordahl

Attorney & Governmental Affairs Consultant

Term: 2022 - 2023

Betty Melvin

Retired Educator

Brooke Chehoski

USC

Laura Covington

USC

Clyvincent Lemon

Found It, LLC

Julia Burley

Aisha Haynes

USC

Pam Bryant

Wells Fargo

Beth Trump

Nexus Pruitt

Nicole Counts

SEFL

Pate Graham

Mungo Homes

Walter Caudle

Retired Businessman

John Asman

Retired IT Bsuiness Owner

Leroy Anderson

US Army, Retired

Leslie Walker

Hand Middle School

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Not applicable
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 10/3/2023
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
Multi-Racial/Multi-Ethnic (2+ races/ethnicities)
Gender identity
Male

Race & ethnicity

No data

Gender identity

No data

Transgender Identity

No data

Sexual orientation

No data

Disability

No data

Equity strategies

Last updated: 10/03/2021

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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 employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
Policies and processes
  • 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.