For every $100 rent increases in a given community, homelessness increases by 9%
Next year 1.5M children in America will experience homelessness.
The number 1 predictor of adult homelessness is whether or not an individual experienced homelessness as a child.
90% of homeless women have experienced extreme physical or sexual abuse.
Over 40% of homeless individuals used drugs for the first time AFTER they became homeless.
Over 40% of homeless individuals used drugs for the first time AFTER they became homeless.
All homelessness is some form of trauma.
The Family Center has housed over 200 individuals who were without shelter since the beginning of the Back Home Again initiative.
The Family Center has distributed over $2M back into the Maury County community as direct cash payments to prevent evictions and provide utility payments to families in crisis.
The staff of The Family Center have a cumulative 100+ years of experience working with individuals and families experiencing crisis and poverty.
Each week The Family Center serves 200 plates of food to the unhoused community in Columbia TN.
Each month The Family Center will meet with 60+ individuals seeking housing during a season of crisis in their life.
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Please consider supporting The Family Center, and our efforts to reduce the impact of poverty on our community, and to intervene and prevent homelessness, as well as re-house those that are in crisis.
Thank you for your support!
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How does change happen? What does it take to transform a life? Can we find hope for the lost, or guide someone towards hope? Can we break the stranglehold of poverty and substance abuse and mental health trauma that trap members of our community in endless cycles of pain, loss and hurt? Yes. We can, and we see this happen every day. And you can be a part of this change. Become a Family Center Advocate and choose to believe in change and possibility for every life. Trust and hope in a better ending to every human story.
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How does change happen? What does it take to transform a life? Can we find hope for the lost, or guide someone towards hope? Can we break the stranglehold of poverty and substance abuse and mental health trauma that trap members of our community in endless cycles of pain, loss and hurt? Yes. We can, and we see this happen every day. And you can be a part of this change. Become a Family Center Advocate and choose to believe in change and possibility for every life. Trust and hope in a better ending to every human story.
