10/22/2026
Today, Kathy had the opportunity to meet with Lenny, Development Director of Family Care Center.
The Family Care Center serves homeless families with dependent children through an emergency shelter and transitional residential program.
Their vision is to continually reduce the number of homeless families in our community with compassion, professionalism, and efficiency.
They also offer physical, emotional, social, and educational services to assist families in the transition to becoming self-sufficient.
Families that enter their emergency shelter programs have the opportunity to live rent and utility free for up to 3-4 months. Guests meet with their Family Social Worker on a weekly basis to discuss finances, job and housing search, as well as overall well-being.
Families are encouraged to save at least $75-100 weekly which they keep in a savings account on their behalf, and helps enable them to move into permanent housing.
Guests that need additional time to re-establish themselves can join their transitional housing program, which allows families to pay a monthly program fee which includes utilities. Guests can stay in the program for up to 12 months and are provided assistance in follow up services and resources. Since 1988, 90% of their guests who complete their programs have moved forward into permanent housing.
We are appreciative of the work the Family Care Center does in our community! We believe that all families should have access to basic needs, including food and shelter.
