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BEST & PROMISING PRACTICES IN FAITH BASED SOLUTIONS TO ENDING FAMILY HOMELESSNESS

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Best & Promising Practices in Faith Based Solutions to Ending Family Homelessness

Welcome! • Framework for the Evening • Buffet & Table Conversation • Building Collaborations

• Wrap Up Ministry • Ronald Commons

• Workshops • Housing Solutions • Congregational Responses

• Building Blocks • Small Group Discussions • Our Charge

• Closing Remarks


Does it Make a Difference?

Building Collaborations

Ronald Commons WrapUp Ministry

Select One Workshop:

Housing Programs• Habitat for Humanity of

Seattle / King County• Kevin Hunter

• Snohomish Affordable Housing Group • Bill Raser

• Moderated by • Marty Kooistra, Housing

Development Consortium of King County

Family Programs • Covenant of Care

• Alki UCC

• WrapUp Ministry • Church of Nazarene

• Homeless to Renter • Temple Beth Am

• Bell Street Pilot • Seattle’s UGM

• Moderated by • Lisa Gustaveson, SeattleU


When We Come Back, Pick a TableHow do we unleash our capacity for deeper

collaboration among congregation members, service providers and homeless families toward creating

genuine solutions?What roles can congregations play in neighborhood efforts to confront and end homelessness?

What does it mean to “Take Care of Our Own”?

How do congregations support efforts to make family homelessness rare, brief and a one-time occurrence?


Congregational Models


One Family’s Story…

A Local Govt.Supplementing Services

Professional AgencyProviding Case Management

A Committed Congregation Offering Resources

A Supportive Landlord Seeking a Tenant

A Parenting FamilyHomeless

Or in Housing Crisis

A covenant of mutual care(not less than, but uniquely different from a standard Landlord/Tenant model) with the shared goal to ensure family stability and protect landlord property.

Ingredients:• A parenting family,

homeless or in housing crisis;

• A supportive landlord, seeking a tenant

• A committed congregation, offering resources;

• A professional agency, providing case management;

• A local government, supplementing costs and services.

All of the above linked in a covenant of mutual care, bound together to ensure family stability and protect landlord property.

A Covenant of Mutual CareEnsuring Family Stability and Protecting Landlord Property

Alki UCC. Homeward Bound. August, 2013


Bell Street Pilot: Seattle’s UGM, Church Council of Greater Seattle, Seattle University, Mary’s Place

• Early Planning Stages • Wrap Around model• Various opportunities for Faith

Community involvement, could include

• Home Warming • Social Supports

• Next Steps – Define scope and develop curriculum

• Invite Faith Communities to participate


Welcome Back! Select One Table How do we unleash our capacity for deeper

collaboration among congregation members, service providers and homeless families toward creating

genuine solutions?What roles can congregations play in neighborhood efforts to confront and end homelessness?

What does it mean to “Take Care of Our Own”?

How do congregations support efforts to make family homelessness rare, brief and a one-time occurrence?


What’s Next?


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• Sunday November 23 • 3pm to 5pm • Seattle University

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