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Family Refugee Services (FRS) in partnership with Lutheran Family Services (LFS) is matching refugee families with mentoring teams to help them establish a new life in America. Strategic Transitional Assistance and Response Families with young children and a working parent are sometimes forced to take shelter wherever they can. The resulting situations can range from the uncomfortable and humiliating, to the frightening and dangerous. At The Crossing, families in our Strategic Transitional Assistance and Response (STAR) program are given the opportunity to experience affordable, clean, and safe temporary housing as we minister to them and help them take the final steps toward self-sufficiency and permanent housing. Of the 10,000 homeless people living in Metro Denver, nearly 60% are families including approximately 3,600 children. Denver's high rental market and struggling economy are forcing many working poor into homelessness. Family Rescue Ministry (FRM) helps homeless, working families overcome the major obstacle of securing stable housing by funding the security deposit and first month's rent payment in a long-term housing solution. FRM also pairs pre-screened families with mentoring teams from local churches and other organizations. Mentoring teams offer the family spiritual, emotional, financial and physical assistance for at least six months. Click here to learn about becoming a mentor. The program serves single parents and legally married couples who are working (or receiving permanent disability), and have at least one child under the age of 18 living with them. Call Family Rescue Ministry now to see how you can help - 303.292.9229 Click here to donate toward housing homeless working families. Family and Senior Homeless Initiative Family and Senior Homeless Initiative (FSHI) functions as a tool in Mayor Hickenlooper's Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness in the Denver Metro Area. Learn more, including how to become a mentor with FSHI and ways your support can help end homelessness by visiting www.fshi.org. |
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At-A-Glance In 2005, 150 homeless families were placed in permanent housing. Many homeless working families are waiting to be matched with a mentoring team to be eligible for housing. Approximately 80% of the families we help maintain their housing after one year. Half (50%) of the total number of homeless in Denver are Parents (one or two) with children.* * Homelessness in Metropolitan Denver, Sixth Annual Point-In-Time
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