Family Promise Of Hall County Inc

Little steps community day care is a licensed child care option for families referred to family promise by our community partner agencies. It provides parents with quality child care on a sliding scale.

Community outreach includes the following community-based programs: the l.i.f.e. Program: the "local initiative for family empowerment" program provides workshops for low-income families in hall county that cultivates healthy relationships and equips families with practical life skills training. This program covers various topics including financial literacy, parenting, healthy living, job skills, and career development. This program allows family promise and other organizations to facilitate continued success and accountability for families by maintaining partnerships with past and current clients. Diaper bank: in october 2018, family promise of hall county and junior league of gainesvillehall county partnered with the diaper bank of north georgia for family promise to be a community distribution site to provide free diapers to families in need. Family promise opened its homestead location to the public and utilizes its volunteers to greet the families, help record information, and hand out diapers. Little steps community daycare also receives diapers from the diaper bank of north georgia for the children in the daycare program.

Next step affordable housing program provides affordable housing opportunities to graduates of the empowerment program. While staying in these homes the families are case managed, have home visits to ensure the home is being cared for properly, and are required to attend l.i.f.e. Program classes. Families are also required to set aside savings each month as if they were paying rent (which will be returned to them upon finding permanent affordable housing) and pay utilities each month.