What are the Promise Homes?

The Promise Homes opened in the fall of 2025. The eight transitional homes provide extended stability for families experiencing homelessness, who are working with our staff to achieve the goals that lead their families to self-sustainability and housing independence. The expansion more than doubled on-site capacity, allowing a total of 15 families to be served on the Family Promise campus at one time.

How do they work?

When a guest family who is staying in the Promise House achieves all their goals (past trauma, childcare/school enrollment, transportation, employment, financial stability) with exception of acquiring safe, sustainable housing, the guest family can move into one of the transitional homes. This is an interim step for families before graduating and moving into their own long-term housing elsewhere in the community.

What was the funding process?

Just like the Promise House, zero public tax dollars were used to build the Promise Homes. Being a fiscally conservative organization, no debt was ever incurred for the funding of either capital campaign.

What’s the Promise House?

In 2021 Family Promise acquired two acres of land from the City of Temple on which the new Family Promise campus is being built. Phase I is the Promise House, a new 7,000 square foot building that opened on January 2, 2023. The Promise House increased the number of guest families served as well as the quality of services provided to the families.
The Promise House includes the following:

· 7 bedrooms with private bathrooms
· 3 staff offices
· 2 volunteer bedrooms
· Classroom
· Living room
· Dining room
· Kitchen
· Pantry
· Laundry room
· Back patio