Civic Warriors

Empowering Families and Inspiring Hope With Family Promise of Bergen County

Civic Warriors Episode 74

Join us for this episode of Civic Warriors as we speak with Kate Duggan, Executive Director and Paul Shackford, Board President and Trustee of Family Promise of Bergen County. Kate and Paul discuss how they became involved with the organization, some of the misconceptions about homelessness and the story behind their daily meal program.

Family Promise of Bergen County is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to empower working families facing housing insecurity to become self-sufficient by providing temporary housing and personalized support, as well as address food insecurity in the community every day. Learn more about the organization and how you can support their mission!

The homeless prevention program [has benefits] far beyond a lifetime…When we save a family, we’re not just saving that family, we are saving their children, their grandchildren and [so on].

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