Families Forward

Filing Period

Oct 1, 2012 to Sep 30, 2013

Signed

Apr 30, 2014

Return Version

2012v2.1

Gross Receipts

$6,251,728

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

The homeless prevention & community services program helps families avoid homelessness. Families forward provides low income children and adults with access to necessary services to help them maintain their stability, including: food assistance, counseling, employment coaching, financial and life skills education, and seasonal supportive programs. Our food pantry, career coaching, backpack, community resource fair, thanksgiving and adopt a family programs are included as part of homeless prevention. Keeping families in their homes during a time of crisis is preferred when possible to avoid homelessness. The food pantry, staffed by volunteers, distributed to 6,216 individuals an estimated $495,169 worth of food last year. Almost 200 community food drives were held and many other donations were made by individuals, families, businesses, schools, faith and civic groups. The career coaching program helped 180 individuals develop the critical skills they need to find a job and increase their income. Families forward supported education by distributing backpacks full of school supplies and clothing to 978 children in grades k-12. The community resource fair brought together 58 leading service providers to offer free health screenings, legal advice, financial counseling, workshops, and children's activities to 735 children and adults. For the thanksgiving program, 725 families received baskets of donated holiday food organized and distributed by volunteers. For the adopt a family program, through the enormous generosity of the community, over 1,500 children (over 600 families) received gifts for the holidays.

Filer

EIN

33-0086043