We are so excited for Family #7 (mom and daughter) to be in their own home. They were our sixth family to graduate this year. Their housing search was long and included lots of disappointing interactions. The supply of housing for people who have made mistakes (bad credit or previous evictions) continues to shrink at an alarming rate locally. Family #7 was housed, for the first time, through our network. One of our volunteers, who had spent time with the family by providing dinners, heard about their fruitless housing search and offered their fully furnished basement for rent.  

We are now at a point where we might have to explore using this kind of option more often in order to increase opportunities for working families to get housing. Our board is planning to launch an affordable housing committee to work on viable strategies for Cobb County. If you are interested in joining this committee, email info@familypromisecobbcounty.org.

Thank you for sending us leads on a possible new day center.  We have been visiting and talking to several properties and are hopeful that one of them will become our new base of operations. To that end, we need your help. All of the properties we have toured have issues and we need expertise about repairs and how much those repairs might cost. If you have building experience and are willing to help us figure out how to do budget friendly repairs please join our day center search committee by emailing info@familypromisecobbcounty.org. We are in particular need of people with roofing and plumbing experience.