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A Survey of Charlotte Homeless


This week, the Charlotte Housing Authority surveyed Charlotte area homeless men and women to determine who is chronically homeless in Charlotte. The Charlotte Housing Authority wants to use this information to learn what it might take to get these men and women off the streets permanently. 


It is believed that there are approximately 6500 homeless people in Charlotte.  Of those, advocates believe there are 500 who are chronically homeless. 


Julie Rose of WFAE, Charlotte's NPR station, spoke this week to a man who has been homeless in Charlotte for over 10 years. 


To read or listen to the story from WFAE, click here.

Volunteer interviewing area homeless man 

Assessing the scope of
homelessness in Charlotte.
Picture from WFAE.org.

Family Mentoring PDF Print E-mail

What is family mentoring and how does it help? 

 

Low-income families face enormous stresses. The pressure can severely disrupt family life and lead to homelessness. Our Family Mentoring program is designed to help families overcome these stresses and to prevent homelessness. It serves as a model for replication by Family Promise IHNs. In the Family Mentoring program, economically vulnerable families are matched with trained volunteer mentors who work with them, one-on-one, over an extended period.

        

 

Family Mentors help individual families define and meet goals to:

  • develop life skills
  • connect with community resources
  • improve housing and employment situations
  • nurture and support their children.