The Friends Program Inc

Filing Period

Oct 1, 2011 to Sep 30, 2012

Signed

Jan 14, 2013

Return Version

2011v1.2

Gross Receipts

$1,802,941

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Emergency housing program - the friends emergency housing program is an emergency shelter for families, providing 24-hour, 7 days a week staffing. The program provides intensive, community-based case management and short-term housing, aftercare and outreach services for families at risk of future homelessnes, along with transitional housing units in concord. Families are provided with the support, education, and training to assist them in acquiring long-term skills and accessing resources to find and maintain permanent housing.the purpose of the program is to break the cycle of homelessness for families. Founded on establishing a sense of safety, supportive counseling and educational services are provided to help residents find and maintain permanent housing. A safe, consistent, predictable, and respectful environment that keeps families together as a unit sets the stage for success at achieving individualized goals.the emergency housing shelter provided reuge to thirty-six families in need of a safe and secure housing in the past year. Additionally, four families that were once homeless are now living in apartments of their own through our transitional housing project.

Activity 3

Youth mentoring program - the youth mentoring program uses different mentoring models to work with a broad range of youth who have been identified as in need of mentor by a referral source. Senior friends are volunteers, age 16 and up, that are selectively matched with junior friends, school-age youth, in a one-to-one mentoring relationship that helps junior friends gain confidence and improve their behavior at home, in school, and in the community.the youth mentoring program provides children with a supportive, non-judgmental mentor who can serve as a positive role model, who will listen to their problems, and who will provide them a window to the world outside their environment. Senior friends help children realize that they are special, have potential, and can achieve their goals. The friends youth mentoring program served more than 150 children in the merrimack country.

Filer

EIN

02-0326855