2026-04-02T16:11:29-07:00 2025-12-31 990 2025-01-01 455497267 FAMILY PROMISE OF THE PALOUSE INC FAMI 2088820165 PO Box 9389 Moscow ID 83843 Autumn Avery Executive Director 2088820165 2026-03-25 2025 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Autumn Shafer PO Box 9389 Moscow ID 83843 1228349 0 X www.familypromisepalouse.org X 2013 ID Our mission is to empower families with children experiencing homelessness to achieve sustainable independence for a more promising future. We envision a community and a nation in which every family has a home, a livelihood, and the chance to build a better future. We provide shelter & other services to homeless families, & homeless prevention services to low-income & A.L.I.C.E. population families in Latah County Idaho & Whitman County Washington. FPP have been providing case management services, food & shelter to families on the Palouse for almost 13 years. In this time, we have served 155 families through shelter services, 90 families through Rapid Rehousing, 117 families in prevention. 4 families in transitional housing & 4 families in rental assistance programs. Partnering with over 30 partners in the business & faith communities, over 500 volunteers support our seven staff members in making our programs successful & has promoted long term stability for children in our community. 10 10 13 500 0 0 504110 1190757 6972 17246 10645 20346 4600 0 526327 1228349 0 0 0 0 254473 345797 0 0 0 235379 361619 489852 707416 36475 520933 501498 1022431 0 0 501498 1022431 X Program offerings include rotational shelter with on-site case management, homeless prevention appointments, rapid rehousing/diversion appointments, volunteer activities, administrative operations, daily living tasks for families & on-site overnight sleeping quarters for up to two families. Families enrolled in the rotational shelter program sleep at off-site shelters. Staff meet with clients daily; guiding their progress & helping them meet their goals. Using our resource center, they assist families in applying for benefits, local resources, housing & employment opportunities. Our center is used for daily living operations as well. This is their home during the day, complete with kitchen & bathing facilities. Administrative staff runs the behind-the-scenes operations. Thes include grant writing, fiscal operations & managing volunteers. Daily we have student & community volunteers on site to assist with family needs, cleaning, organizing, HomeStart & many other opportunities. 1 1 187601 1244 Shelter Program Rotational model: Using a rotational shelter model, we provide homeless children, and their parents shelter for, generally, up to 90 days. While a family is in shelter, they are offered services that help guide them to stability in long term housing. Services include intense case management, financial literacy, parenting education and life skills education. Case-Management includes action planning, goal setting, housing and employment searches; these are broken down into manageable weekly activities. Family Promise operates with a broad array of community support and has a unique model that accesses 30 congregations in our community to provide the food and shelter services for families we are serving. Each week a pair of Congregations work together to provide shelter, meals and various support activities for our families. An important outcome of (FPP) is to provide our families with the support they need to have long term stability with education, parenting, housing, finances, and life skills so that families no longer live in poverty. While a family is in shelter with FPP they are required to take part in our intense case-management and have access to Parenting Education, Life Skills Education and Financial Literacy education. The main goal being that they will find long term employment, long term housing and continued success with life stability. This past year, we hosted 19 families in the rotational shelter program, including 25 adults and 45 children. Program Expansion-Interim Housing began in 2025. There are many barriers to finding housing in our area for our sheltered families. However, there are many other barriers that hinder families enrolled in our Rotational Shelter Program from leaving our program with stability and security. Some of the greatest barriers are accessibility to childcare, lack of employment opportunities, and inexperience with life skills such as cooking, cleaning, and budgeting. To assist families in overcoming these barriers, in 2025 we expanded our shelter program to include four on-site units as an Interim housing shelter model. Interim Housing allows select families from our Rotational Shelter Program (RSP) to exit the rotational model and stay at the Family Promise Day Center overnight while continuing in depth case management that focuses on budgeting and life skills such as cooking, cleaning, budgeting, and time management. The Interim Housing Program has given the opportunity to further serve families in our area and increase their overall success at achieving long-term sustainability and success. Rooms at our day center will be used to shelter families for an additional 3-6 months, or as needed. These are occupied by Interim Housing Program participants, meeting eligibility requirements, maintaining current program progress and sign and following a program agreement. We provided this program to 4 families, including 5 adults and 10 children. Another program offered Keeping the Promise stabilization services. This program assists graduated families in continuing in their progress to maintain the stability they have attained. Monthly or weekly case management meetings are scheduled. Participants are offered to continue in the courses and programs they were utilizing while in our Shelter Program. We assist families in maintaining their progress and allow for continued growth. Financial incentives are given to families who continue to meet and exceed goals. These incentives include onetime bill payment, grocery card, gas cards, City of Moscow/Pullman pool passes, etc. At least 15 families participated in this program. 177973 1085 In 2019, we implemented our Prevention Services programs. This program consists of Homeless Prevention Program and Homeless Diversion Program. Prevention is designed to prevent a family from becoming homeless. This program is offered to low income and A.L.I.C.E. population families who are close to becoming homeless due to financial reasons or emergency situations. Case management services are available to cover Financial Literacy, Parenting Courses and Life Choices Guidance. Financial assistance is available for each family. Generally, a Prevention Family is in this program for three months. During that time, they complete their case management goals and checklists, and a financial incentive is provided. A fuel card is given after every case management meeting and during budgeting and financial planning, it is determined what monthly bills Family Promise will assist with for three months' time. Family Promise generally can assist with utility bills, telephone bills, grocery cards, childcare tuition, etc. Cash funds are not given directly to families. This program has grown over the years and the need in our community has increased greatly. In 2024 we assisted 27 families in Homeless Prevention. In 2025, we assisted 84 families, including 83 adults and 136 children. 29072 0 Diversion/Rapid Rehousing Services are offered to families who homelessness is imminent, yet they have another safe, affordable housing option available. We "divert" the family from entering shelter. This can be done by assisting with deposit funds to secure a new residence, assistance with a rent payment or paying for a hotel for the family to bridge the gap between exiting one housing situation and entering the next. Case management services such as budgeting tools and classes, parenting tools and classes and financial literacy are available. Diversion is not a long-term program and long-term case management is not required to obtain assistance. Aftercare services are offered with incentives to participate. We assisted 23 families including 35 adults and 45 children in avoiding shelter and moving into new homes. 21830 13823 It can be quite a shock to families moving into a new home to go from paying zero dollars per month for housing to $1,200 per month in rent. In 2025 we began offering Bridge Housing services. This program assists families who are moving into a new home gradually increase their rent over an extended time period, allowing them to build a savings account, increase their budgeting skills and often obtain housing that they were not eligible for due to prior housing barriers. Families in this program continue with intense case management services and are required to meet certain goals. Parents bring their rent portion to our office, and we assist with bill pay services. This grows accountability and teaches families about due dates. This program also allows families to stay connected to family advocates and continue to build their support system. In this pilot year, we enrolled 6 families into this program, including 8 adults and 15 children. 7 332 Our Home Start program distributed new or gently used home goods, furniture and clothing to members of the community. This program is funded totally on donated items and is available to anyone in the community, not just those with children. Over 100 households accessed this program in 2025. 21837 0 14155 416483 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 ID WA X X X Autumn Shafer 5095952060 PO Box 9389 Moscow ID 83843 Autumn Shafer Executive Director 40 0 X X 74286 0 0 Bruce Pitman President 5 0 X 0 0 0 Monte Walker Vice-President 2 0 X 0 0 0 Matthew Kleffner Treasurer 5 0 X 0 0 0 Jackie Bennett Secretary 4 0 X 0 0 0 Rebecca Ryan General Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Scott Adams General Member 5 0 X 0 0 0 Christin Reisenauer General Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Anna Whitehall General Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Ed Button General Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 Brandy Sullivan General Member 2 0 X 0 0 0 74286 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2621 0 293586 894550 0 1190757 Client portions of rental assistance 624100 17246 17246 0 0 0 0 0 0 17246 20346 20346 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2621 0 1228349 37592 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74286 0 74286 0 0 0 0 0 239968 155967 84001 0 0 0 0 0 5800 5800 0 0 25743 0 25743 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15088 0 15088 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3830 0 3830 0 28831 5282 23549 0 12282 946 11336 0 0 0 0 0 52532 30116 22416 0 31068 17092 13976 0 0 0 0 0 1224 0 1224 0 0 0 0 0 5250 0 5250 0 0 0 0 0 10234 0 10234 0 Hotels Stays and groceries, Life Skills Classes, Childcare, Family and Health Needs 42051 42051 0 0 Housing applications, Move in Costs 31547 31547 0 0 Rental Arrears Assistance 94953 94953 0 0 Rent and Utility Assistance 32729 32729 0 0 0 0 0 0 707416 416483 290933 0 112376 112376 389122 910055 501498 1022431 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 490498 292249 11000 730182 501498 1022431 501498 1022431 520933 0 0 0 0 0 X 0 0 0 X 242965 267530 421140 516349 1190756 2638740 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 242965 267530 421140 516349 1190756 2638740 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2638740 242 785 6992 12645 20346 41010 0 0 0 0 0 242 785 6992 12645 20346 41010 0 0 0 0 0 0 75000 0 0 17246 92246 243207 343315 428132 528994 1228348 2771996 0.95193 0.94661 0.01479 0.01188 X Schedule A, Part III, Line 12 Program income from families contributing to their rent. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990, Part III, Line 2 In 2025 we expanded our shelter program to include four on-site Interim housing units. Interim Housing allows eligible families from our Rotational Shelter Program (RSP) to exit the rotational model and stay at the Family Promise Day Center overnight while continuing in depth case management that focuses on budgeting and life skills such as cooking, cleaning, budgeting, and time management. The Interim Housing Program provides the opportunity to further serve families in our area and increase their overall success at achieving long-term sustainability and success. By creating this program expansion, we have doubled our shelter capacity from four families at one time to eight families at one time. Form 990, Part III, Line 3 In early 2024 our landlords notified us that they would be closing down the building we were leasing, requiring us to move out. In April 2025 we relocated our day center/office to Pullman Washington from Moscow Idaho. This move allowed us to continue operating and even increase capacity. However, our new landlord was unable to provide us with the same level of discounted rent and utilities, therefore, our monthly operating costs increased drastically. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Copy of 990 presented at March 31, 2026 board meeting, voted to approve filing. Each year the 990 is presented at the March or April board meeting and is reviewed by the Board of Directors and voted for approval. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Board of Directors are asked at monthly meetings to disclose any potential conflicts. The Board and staff members annually sign a conflict of interest, whistleblower and confidentiality policy acknowledgement. This is done annually at the March board meeting. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The Executive Directors performance and salary are reviewed annually by the Executive Committee, a sub-committee of the Board of Directors. This review was last completed in May 2025 and is scheduled for review again in April or May 2026. The review is completed based on prior years goals and accomplishments. Compensation is compared to like organizations in the state and adjusted based on performance, cost of living costs and agency budget. Board of Directors are not compensated. All other staff reviews and increases are completed by the Executive Director and reviewed for approval at a board meeting every February. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 These documents are available by request to the public. In May 2026 when our website revision is completed, they will be available on our website.