Family Promise of Gwinnett’s Promise Haven Program is a 30-day program for families with children experiencing homelessness in Gwinnett County. Our program is intended to provide temporary shelter while families receive hospitality from community volunteers and case management services. Families must have a child aged 18 or under with school aged children enrolled in Gwinnett County Schools.
The program goals are to Make Money, Save Money, and Find Housing.
We provide case management that focuses on employment, budgeting, and parenting to reach the goal of long-term housing and stability.
Promise Haven is our Life Skills Program that provides overnight accommodations. The hours that Promise Haven is open for families are from 6pm to 7:30am on weekdays and 6pm to 8am on weekends. Promise Haven is a communal living environment which allows for 3 families to stay at a time. Our facility is able to accommodate families comprised of up to 4 individuals.
We provide a Day Center that can be utilized while Promise Haven is closed. The Day Center is intended for families to do job search and work on program materials. On weekends it is available for families to come if they need a place to be during the day.
Families must comply with the rules and guidelines upheld by Family Promise.
If families comply with the program and are actively working towards the program goals, then a need for additional assistance is determined and a 30-day extension will be evaluated.
Family Promise guests are given a clear list of guidelines that must be followed to remain in the program. Some examples are:
- Applicant adults without employment will be expected to obtain a job within 30 days of placement into the Family Promise of Gwinnett County program. Not being employed after 30 days is grounds for dismissal from the program.
- Guests must make 7-10 job contacts per week.
- Guests must make 3-5 housing contacts weekly.
- Guests must work on achieving other goals on their individual self-sufficiency plan.
- Guests must refrain from taking drugs or alcohol.
- Guests must stay in contact with their assigned Case Manager daily.
