Our Impact

Who We Are

Family Promise Rochester helps families with children who are facing housing instability find safety, stability, and a path forward.

We work across the full continuum of care:

Preventing evictions
Providing safe family shelter
Supporting families after they move into housing

We are the only organization in Southeast Minnesota dedicated exclusively to serving families with children experiencing homelessness.

Our approach is family-centered, trauma-informed, and focused on long-term stability—not just short-term fixes.

OCT 2025 TO SEP 2026

Because of community support, we served 250 families in the last 12 months.

KEEPING FAMILIES HOUSED

143 families served
113 kept their homes (79%)
About $1,300 keeps a family housed
Plus our one-time Hope at Home fund: 165 households, 362 children

SHELTERING FAMILIES

72 families sheltered
47 moved into housing (78% of exits)
Promise House average stay: 59 days
31 of 41 families found housing without entering shelter
Shelter is full nearly every night

STABILIZATION SERVICES

Ongoing support after families find housing
83% of families stayed housed six months later

Download the 2025 Impact Report

YOU MAKE IT POSSIBLE

Family Promise Rochester relies on community support to keep local families safe and housed. In 2025 our work was supported by 156 volunteers, 22 partner agencies, 15 corporations, and hundreds of donors.

You can help by:

Donating
Volunteering
Sharing our work with others

WHY THIS WORKS

Family homelessness is complex—but solutions work when families are supported early and consistently.

Our model works because:

Families stay together
Services are voluntary and family-led
Support continues after housing is secured
We work closely with schools, landlords, and community partners

STORIES AND UPDATES

Partner Highlight: ABC (Ability Building Community)

One of our Core Values for both Family Promise Rochester and Family Promise National is being Community-Based. What does that mean? It means we maximize impact by leveraging resources and partners in our community that are already doing amazing work to accomplish more than we each can on our own. Today we want to highlight an amazing organization that has become a long-standing, consistent, and trusted partner: ABC, Ability Building Center. This amazing organization has been

Partner Highlight: Leashes & Leads

At Family Promise we hold to five core values that are integrated into every aspect of our work: Sustaining Impact Strategic Innovation Authentic Hospitality and Empathetic Empowerment Inclusive and Equitable Community-Based Today we highlight one of those core values, community-based, as we share and celebrate our partnership with Leashes and Leads in Byron. Pets are an integral part of many families. They provide love, comfort, laughter, companionship, and so much more. Whi

When Family Promise Rochester Answered the Call

“First, as a community, we make a promise to support families during their most difficult times. Second, each family has the promise, the potential, to achieve sustainable independence when given the opportunity.” – Family Promise National Stressed to hopeful. Exhausted to motivated. Unsure about the future to increased confidence and stability. Charlotte was placed on short-term disability causing her to lose housing because the rent payments were no longer manageable, and