Family Promise of Wake County

Each year, more than 50 Wake County congregations reflecting a broad range of religious identities offer their buildings and volunteer power to host up to 10 families each week through our Emergency Shelter program. Every week, two host congregations (with the help of their supporting partner congregations) provide up to five families each a safe place to sleep, meals, transportation and a sense of community. Annually, the Emergency Shelter program engages more than 2,000 volunteers.

We remain one of only two emergency shelters in Wake County to allow families to stay together, regardless of the ages and genders of the children and parents, sparing parents the difficult choice between keeping their families together and finding a safe place for their children to sleep. We are the only homelessness nonprofit to offer a continuum of services and partnerships to move families all the way from homelessness to safe, affordable, permanent housing.