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The Family Promise Youth Council is looking forward to another exciting year of service and friendship. All high school students in Bergen County are eligible to participate. Interested in learning more about the Youth Council's mission and volunteering...

It’s just about one year ago that Gino Reina contacted Family Promise with an offer to provide a monthly donation of hot food to the Walk-in Dinner Program. Obviously we enthusiastically accepted! Since that time, Gino has been generously funding the donation from the...

Before Olivia Carbonaro became Family Promise of Bergen County’s new accountant, she was for years a dedicated volunteer. In that capacity, she learned things they don’t necessarily stress in accounting classes. One is to look around. Here’s an example. In 2021 Olivia...

In 2020, the Family Promise sheltering network of congregations, serving working families experiencing homelessness, was forced to close due to the pandemic. In its place, the Bridge Network was developed, and continues to assist families on their road to stability...

The mission of FP is to provide temporary shelter and individualized support to working families experiencing homelessness.  Experiencing homelessness? Why don’t we just say, “homeless families”? We see too much potential in the families we serve to allow them to be...

As summer comes to an end, so does another year of Camp Lots-of-Fun, Family Promise’s annual two-week day camp for children ages 5-12 who have experienced homelessness. In addition to welcoming many boys and girls from our own shelter and support programs, we once...

The 2023 Family Promise Annual Gala, “Unlocking a Brighter Future: Prevention is Key”, is only a few weeks away! Please join us at 6 PM on Thursday, October 12 at Edgewood Country Club in River Vale for a spectacular night celebrating the families and individuals we...

Family Promise of Bergen County’s Annual Gala will be held on Thursday, October 12, 2023 at Edgewood Country Club in River Vale. Please join us for a spectacular evening in support of Family Promise’s programs for working families experiencing homelessness. Our gala...

It had been raining for hours by the time the meal delivery team approached the Capri Inn. Roads were closed across Hackensack, including the aptly named River Street. Now the two would-be meal deliverers sat in a low-slung Prius, and beheld a body of water that...

A recent Wall Street Journal op-ed article by Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., former chairman and CEO of IBM, provided some statistics about the cost of homelessness.  An annual cost of $1.2 billion in New York City to run its shelter system.  A staggering cost. A significant...

Monica is a single mother with a 7 year old daughter who recently called Family Promise in need of assistance. She had fallen behind due to a lapse in employment and her landlord was threatening her with eviction. Our Family Case Manager, Denise, quickly determined...

The 24th Annual Family Promise Golf Outing was held on June 5, 2023 at Edgewood Country Club in River Vale, and we could not have asked for a more beautiful, sunny day for our event! All proceeds from the outing directly supported Family Promise of Bergen County’s...