SEASON’S GREETINGS!
Here at Family Promise of Lawrence (FPL), we are dedicated to opening doors and providing services to every family seeking stable housing in Douglas County. With your help in 2025, our new Mount Hope Shelter opened its doors to stability, safety and hope for more than 40 children and their families. As the only family shelter in Douglas County, Mt. Hope is fulfilling the vision we set for it: to provide a safe, temporary shelter for more families than ever before!
To assist local families facing housing crisis, FPL opens doors for family stability and peace of mind through our Eviction Prevention, Diversion, Stabilization, and Housing programs. So far this year, 265 families (922 individuals) with 550 children have received vital support services. To date, as a strong testament to program effectiveness and family tenacity, 95% of the families who’ve completed the Eviction Prevention and Stabilization programs remain housed!
We’re also opening doors for the community by inviting everyone in Douglas County to collaborate through volunteerism. In fact, more than 410 unique individuals from across Douglas County have given their time and talent to a one-time project or through ongoing, weekly engagements this year! Their generosity and skills have greatly expanded our capacity to serve families across all our programs.
Looking ahead to 2026, our excitement is growing as we prepare to open new doors to affordable homes for families. In fact, a new six-plex apartment building is currently being built by our community partner, Ninth Street Missionary Baptist Church, for the purpose of offering supportive housing through our Housing program. We’ll also open the door to a single-family home, recently donated by a community member whose generosity will provide permanent housing to future FPL families. Lastly, we’re planning to collaborate with a new nonprofit by supplying case management services for their supportive housing units where we will be able to serve single moms and their children.
Today, I am throwing open our doors for you! In order to help make these life-changing transformations possible for local families, our goal is to raise $100,000 this holiday season. To kick off a successful year-end campaign and inspire others to give, Bob & Katherine Dinsdale, Brad & Amy Finkeldei, Cindy Haines, and Joel & Mary Kaczor are offering generous matching gifts worth a collective value of $27,500! As the foremost organization addressing the crisis of family homelessness in Douglas County, every donation is meaningful, no matter how small. Please invest in Family Promise and kindly help us unlock these donors’ generosity!
With appreciation for every door you help us open,
