Clayton Marks Milestone 20th Home Donation in Partnership With Family Promise
February 26, 20263 min read
At Clayton, we strive to be a force for good in the world and that means we seek meaningful opportunities to make a long-term impact. One of the ways we achieve this is by forming strategic partnerships with national philanthropic nonprofits who are experts in meeting needs in the communities where we live and work.
Family Promise is the leading national nonprofit organization addressing family homelessness, which studies have shown can have a devastating impact on children’s mental and physical well-being. Family Promise has close to 200 local Affiliates across the country that serve families through eviction prevention, shelter diversion, temporary shelter, case management, and affordable housing programs. This important work aligns with Clayton’s belief that all families deserve access to quality, stable housing where they can work to build a better future.
Clayton’s Partnership with Family Promise
In 2019, Clayton began a partnership with Family Promise to help families achieve housing stability through an innovative homelessness prevention program, called A Future Begins at Home. Through grants to Family Promise Affiliates across the country, A Future Begins at Home helps families facing housing insecurity stay in their homes through rental assistance, landlord mediation, transportation and childcare support, and other important resources. Affiliates will then provide case management to ensure families understand their finances and have the resources needed to remain stably housed. This support aims to help children avoid the traumas of becoming homeless and ensure these families have access to resources to help them in case of future unexpected expenses.
Since its inception, A Future Begins at Home has prevented more than 43,000 families, including more than 69,000 children, from experiencing the trauma of homelessness. The program has also catalyzed more than $14 million in additional partner funding, generating additional reach and impact for families in need. And over 80 percent of families who receive assistance through A Future Begins at Home have continued to have stable housing in the long term.
