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Pathway to Prevention

Our Pathway to Prevention program provides prevention services to families with children within our community at risk of experiencing homelessness.

Family Promise of Northern New Castle County provides prevention services to families with children within our community at risk of experiencing homelessness. Services will be provided for families with children that are at imminent risk of experiencing homelessness.

 

Family Promise will intervene to provide short term case management, and minimal, one-time financial assistance to stabilize families within their current housing. Stabilizing families in their current home is a quick, effective intervention that prevents a situation of homelessness, and the various traumas associated with experiencing homelessness altogether.

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Our Prevention services are designed for families that have income and are generally able to meet their monthly expenses. Prevention services will be administered in the event of a crisis that places the family at imminent risk of experiencing homelessness. Family Promise’s prevention services will assist families through their crisis by providing financial support, and subsequently, a return to normalcy and stability.

  • In our Pathway to Diversion, we work collaboratively with other providers to identify families who are experiencing homelessness or are imminently (i.e., within days) at risk of becoming homeless. With our Pathway to Diversion, we prevent families who are experiencing homelessness from entering the shelter system by:

    1. Helping them navigate personal resources they have for safe temporary housing — i.e., divert them from the shelter system to someplace safe and secure, albeit temporary, while we work with them on securing housing.​

    2. Helping them secure permanent housing of their own.

    3. Leveraging existing resources in our community to provide an overall effective solution for families that help them resolve their housing crisis and prevent them from entering the shelter system.​

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This is a light touch program, and generally assists families who only require a small amount of help to stabilize their situation.

Please complete the form below and provide all required information and documentation. This will help our team review your request as quickly as possible. A member of our team will review your request and contact you if assistance can be offered or if additional information is needed.

 

Please do not call to follow up on your application. You will only be contacted if we are able to provide assistance or need additional information.

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To ensure your application can be reviewed, please make sure all required fields are completed and all required documentation is submitted. Incomplete applications or applications missing required information will not be accepted.

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Thank you for your understanding and for taking the time to complete the application.

Prevention Assistance Request Form

Multi-line address

Required Documentation

*Photo ID(s)

All adults in the household must provide a valid government-issued photo ID. Please upload a clear image of each adult’s photo ID.

*Hardship Documentation

Please upload documentation that supports the hardship or emergency described in your application. Examples may include:

  • Proof of employment termination or reduction in hours

  • Medical bills or other medical expenses

  • Utility shut-off notices

  • Past-due rent or mortgage notices

  • Court Eviction

  • Unexpected emergency expenses

  • Other documentation demonstrating the financial hardship

Please provide documentation that is relevant to your request and clearly shows the need for assistance.

*Proof of Employment

Please provide current documentation of employment, such as recent pay stubs or other official proof of income from your employer.

Welcome letters are not accepted as proof of employment.

*Proof of Income

Please provide documentation of current income, such as recent pay stubs or bank statements.

All submitted documents must be clear, legible, and current.

By submitting this form, you affirm that all information provided is accurate and truthful to the best of your knowledge. Submission of this form does not guarantee that assistance will be provided. All requests are subject to review and approval based on available funding and program eligibility.

A member of our team will review your request and contact you if assistance can be offered or if additional information is needed. Please do not call to follow up on your application. You will only be contacted if assistance can be offered or if additional information is needed.

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