Jaleesa
Jaleesa, with the support of her family liaison, April, secured housing after being homeless and living in a hotel. FFC helped her with the deposit and furnishing the apartment. And, she topped off the first year of being in the Family Success Program by landing a job as a cashier at Burlington’s.
**Update, Jaleesa has secured housing, employment and has more self-confidence!
Quineisha
Quineisha got a job in childcare where she can also bring her young daughter. This is ideal for her family situation. She accomplished this huge goal despite COVID-19 delaying her starting and we are so very proud! Congratulations Quineisha!
**Update, Quineisha has worked so hard to be the best parent, she has started full-time employment, and started a GED program!
Crystal and Tommy
Catherine
Star and Leonardo
Derrick
Derrick and his family had been without reliable transportation for several years until a generous friend of Families Forward Charlotte donated a used car to us. This donor, who wishes to remain anonymous, has impacted Derrick’s life as well as the lives of his wife and three children immeasurably.
Prior to receiving this gift of a car, they walked miles and miles every day to get to and from work, to the grocery store, and for all of the other appointments and errands that a family of five needs to attend to. Most of us take for granted the cars in our driveways and the ease with which we can safely navigate around our city. This was not the case for Derrick’s family. Walking everywhere took up valuable family time and Derrick, who is a veteran, was even the victim of a hit-and-run while walking to the store one night. Now that they have reliable transportation, they feel that a prayer has been answered.
2019 Wrap Up Video
We support, assist and fill in the gaps that were once empty. This may mean offering limited financial support to help pay for a hotel if homeless, a deposit for an apartment, transportation to get to work, or a certification program. We meet people where they are,...
Families Forward Charlotte and Thompson Family Services Center Create Partnership
FAMILIES FORWARD CHARLOTTE CREATES PARTNERSHIP WITH THOMPSON FAMILY SERVICES CENTER Charlotte, NC — November 15, 2019 — Families Forward Charlotte, FFC, a local non-profit whose mission is to bring people out of poverty through education, mentoring and essential...
Re-design the Cockpit!
We want to share with you an excerpt from the speech our founder, Carrie Christian, gave at the Hearts For Hope event last weekend... A few months back, I was sent an article called “Behavioral economics has a plan to fight poverty—and it’s all about redesigning the...
This Thanksgiving I am thankful for…
This Thanksgiving, I am more thankful than ever. I’m thankful for the inspiration to start this organization. I’m thankful for the NPR radio show that aired two years ago talking about Charlotte’s lack of upward mobility (if you are born into poverty, you stay there)....