Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Family Promise of Coastal Alabama, Inc.
Legal Name (if Different): n/a
Also Known As: n/a
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 40881
City: Mobile
State: AL
Postal Code: 36640-0881
Main Phone: 251-441-1991
Main Fax: n/a
Organization Website: FamilyPromiseMobile.org
Employer ID Number: 38-3684968
Organization Tax Status: 501(c)3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 11/22/2024
Requested Amount: $5000

Project Title: Emergency Shelter for Families with Children
Project Description:

At Family Promise of Coastal Alabama, we are dedicated to providing essential support and hope to families with children experiencing homelessness in our community. As Mobile’s only transitional housing program that welcomes families including fathers, we serve as a vital lifeline for families who might otherwise have nowhere else to turn. We have been operating for more than 20 years. In that time, affordable housing has drifted further and further out of reach for families with low income.

As recently as 2020, the Mobile County Public School System identified 5000 students who were unhoused. The numbers of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) for children experiencing homelessness are high, predicting poor medical and mental health outcomes as they become adolescents and adults. Children with high ACEs are also more likely to experience homelessness as adults, leading to intergenerational cycles of poverty, homelessness, and poor health (The Burke Foundation, 2024). With the right help, however, families can secure sustainable housing and other services and continue to live together. FPCA is for all families in a housing crisis without regard to race, ethnicity, creed, religious affiliation, gender or national origin.

Our organization operates with a trauma-informed service approach, ensuring that every family member is treated with dignity, empathy, and care as they work toward stability. And, critically, we provide shelter, meals, life skills education, and case management entirely at no cost to the families we serve.

Over the past twelve months, we have supported 131 families through our housing programs and community outreach. We work with hundreds of volunteers and community partners to provide shelter and related services 365 days a year. A donation of $5,000 from your organization could help us provide shelter, meals, education assistance, and art classes for up to a dozen children.

Total Project Budget: $86,500

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): United Way of Southwest Alabama, City of Mobile Emergency Solutions Funds, Maschmeyer Trust, fundraisers

Project Duration: ongoing, year round
Geographical Area Served: Mobile County Alabama
Age Group To Be Served: families including children 0-18 years of age in the custody of adult heads of household age 21 and older

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Ms.
Contact First Name: Diane
Contact Last Name: McCaskey
Contact Title: Executive Director
Contact Phone: 251-441-1991
Contact Email: dmccaskey@famprom.org