The mission of Charlotte Family Housing is to empower working families experiencing homelessness to achieve life-long self-sufficiency through shelter, housing, supportive services, and advocacy. During both phases, the families work closely with social workers to receive intensive family-focused care and support such as vocational counseling, financial literacy, and parenting skills. CFH empowers
families to take positive steps in both phases to achieve financial independence and self-reliance. Our social worker to family ratio is 1 to 16 (compared to some government programs that may be as high as 1 to 50). By keeping our ratio low, CFH social workers work far more intensively with each family on their journey to self-sufficiency. We estimate families will take an average of two years to complete all of the structured steps outlined in our program to move to self-sufficiency. Ultimately, this time frame depends on the family's circumstances and how severe the generational poverty background.
