Emergency Services
Shelter and Transitional Housing
Shelter
Our shelter is currently located in Oakdale and is currently full. 06/20/225
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All of our spaces are filled using a referral program that we do in partnership with Turlock Gospel Mission and Stanislaus County Office of Education.
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We strive to make homelessness rare, brief, and when it cannot be prevented, a one-time experience.
Transitional Housing
Transitional Housing: Time-limited (typically less than two years).The intent is for clients to exit to independent, permanent housing.
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Participants in our Transitional Living Program must be referred through
Turlock Gospel Mission or Stanislaus County Office of Education.
This program is a community program that offers shared space for families
to stabilize and save money while here. Each family is asked to participate in the
provided services and meet with a case manager weekly.
Guests are expected to follow the rules outlined in the guest handbook which
is provided to them when entering the program.​​
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Examples
Shelter
Family is experiencing homelessness or is in housing that is own/controlled by someone else (hotel room, unsheltered, doubled up)
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Transitional Housing.
A family is staying at Family Promise. The case manager is working with mom on securing identification and dad on obtaining employment. The family has been referred for rapid rehousing and will be moving into an apartment within the month.
A COMMUNITY RESPONSE
In every community, these core elements exist. By bringing the community together on the issue of family homelessness, Family Promise addresses a major social problem in a holistic, effective way. Once the community becomes engaged, people understand the root causes of family homelessness and take steps to address them. Family Promise Affiliates have created more than 1,700 community initiatives—housing programs, homelessness prevention, childcare and much more—that target the issues of poverty and homelessness on a local level.
A LONG-TERM SOLUTION
Not only does our 88% success rate mean many more families stably housed, it is also a tremendous cost saving to the community as diversion from far more expensive interventions. Our approach of keeping families together, identifying their strengths, and partnering with the community for solutions means that families are at much lower risk of returning to homelessness.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Family Promise changes lives. We served 126,000 parents and children last year, giving them the ability to realize their true potential. We also change the lives of our 200,000 volunteers, giving them a meaningful outreach right in their own communities.