Family Promise of Lake Houston Life Skills Center Being Constructed for Families in Crisis

The Humble area is the location of a HomeAid Houston Build project in partnership with First American Homes, the homebuilding division of the Signorelli Company. Families who are facing crisis situations will soon be able to spend their days being mentored or obtaining on-site job training in a safe, nurturing environment in the soon-to-be completed Family Promise of Lake Houston Life Skills Center.

The families who will be served by this Life Skills Center can be experiencing any number of circumstances including fire, flood, the death of a spouse, loss of a job, an eviction, or a foreclosure of a home.  Promise House will also provide admin offices, additional mentoring and counseling offices, on-site training rooms, a teaching kitchen, a computer and educational room as well as a family room, library and children’s playroom. HomeAid, a 501 (c) (3) charity of the Greater Houston Builders Association (GHBA), helped facilitate the construction and continues to provide support for the project.

“It has been extremely rewarding to watch the construction begin on this much anticipated project for our agency partner Family Promise,” said Nicole Jacob, president of HomeAid Houston.  “We are also honored to have First America Homes as the Builder Captain.  The company is a huge supporter of Family Promise and HomeAid, and they continue to show their generosity and compassion for helping families in need.  We cannot thank First America Homes, Dave Barnhart their homebuilding division president, and their vendors and suppliers enough for making this possible.”

Family Promise of Lake Houston is an agency that meets the immediate needs of homeless families while empowering them to attain self-sufficiency. During the day, families will come to their “home base” which is the Life Skills Center, where they will complete weekly goals, Life Skills Classes, Budgeting, Parenting, and GED Fast Track Certification. They can access community resources to search for job training and affordable housing. The key to their success is the fact that every family is connected to the community through volunteers from church congregations as well as through mentors in the Family Mentoring Program. Families are able to build a new community network that helps them achieve their goals of independence.

Funders to the project include The William Stamps Farish Fund, Albemarle Foundation, Ascentium Capital and Avis Charitable Foundation.  FPLH is also receiving funding from the PetSmart Charitable Foundation, who will pay for a “pet condo” on the property, allowing families to keep their pets as they work to improve their situation.  The grant is part of a national agreement with the Family Promise organization.

HomeAid Houston, a 501 c 3 charity of the Greater Houston Builders Association was started in 2003.  The agency builds and remodels homeless shelters for its homeless care agencies.  The first shelter was dedicated in 2005.  Since then, over 70 projects have been completed, adding and impacting 1800 beds and providing over 1.3 million nights of sleep.  This is a 15.8 million dollar added value in housing and improvements.  Annually, HomeAid’s projects serve over 5000 homeless men, women, children and veterans in Houston.

For more information visit www.homeaidhouston.org or call 281-970-8970.