IRF is now Family Promise of Bergen County!

   Since 1986, The Interreligious Fellowship for the Homeless of Bergen County, now Family Promise of Bergen County, has played a pivotal role in serving thousands of Bergen County's most vulnerable citizens - homeless, hungry, and needy families and individuals.
 

Mission Statement

The mission of Family Promise of Bergen County is to: 

• provide hospitality to the homeless 

                      and
 
• keep families together in times of crisis, shepherding them through temporary periods of homelessness by helping them create an achievable vision and develop a strong foundation for self-sufficiency.
 

Family Promise of Bergen County is a dynamic Network made up of:

• Compassionate Family Case Managers helping families address issues that contributed to their homelessness

• Volunteers providing overnight shelter, meals, companionship and hope to homeless families and their children

• Community members assisting families find affordable housing, jobs that pay a living wage, reliable transportation, dependable daycare and other necessities
 

Family Promise Host Congregations

Family Promise of Bergen County is comprised of 21 Host Congregations who offer clean, safe overnight lodging to homeless families three non-consecutive weeks per year on a rotating basis. Each evening, 3 to 4 families (no more than 14 people) are transported to the Host Congregation where volunteers are waiting with a nutritious dinner. After clean-up, additional volunteers help with homework, play with children, interact with families and act as overnight hosts.

During the day, families return to a centrally located Day Center from which employed adults leave for work and children go to school or daycare. Families meet with their Case Manager on a regular basis to formulate and carry out a program to move them to a place of self-sufficiency. Telephones, computers and a private room are available to aid with job and housing searches. Showers and laundry facilities are also available at the Day Center.

For a list of Host Congregations click on the attachment below.
 

FIND OUT HOW YOUR CONGREGATION CAN GET INVOLVED

Contact Executive Director, Kate Duggan at 201-833-8009 or email kduggan@bergenfamilypromise.org