Stories of Hope: How Mentoring and Rental Assistance Changes Lives

Strong personal motivation, combined with the encouragement of FF staff and her mentors, made a big difference as “Grace” worked to gain financial stability.

Thanks to her volunteer mentors, “Andrea” gained financial literacy, self-confidence and the ability to create a stable household.

Learn how parents moved past living paycheck to paycheck in these stories of hope from families in the FamilyForward program, late 2024.

Mom J's story is an inspirational testimony of how FamilyForward helped her adapt to changes and rebuild her life after a family tragedy.

With help from her FamilyForward mentors, Mom T achieved several successes. But the greatest success of all was a sense of hope.

Finding financial stability varies for low-income families. How-to checklists are often inadequate. That’s where FamilyForward comes in.

The FamilyForward debt-reduction matching program allows parents to pay down debt twice as fast, helping families break the cycle of debt.

With a household budget and other strategies, “Stephanie” felt more in control of her money and had a toolkit to survive—and thrive.

Read these brief stories of progress and hope from five families in the FamilyForward program as of late 2023.

For “Ellie” — and for many FamilyForward participants — the benefits of our program were more than just financial.

Tim Wayman discusses the rental-housing market and how FamilyForward is finding creative and effective ways to assist low-income families.

“Valerie’s” mentors helped her create a realistic budget so she could see how much she could actually afford to spend.

Read these brief stories of progress and hope from three families in the FamilyForward program as of late 2022.

Read these brief stories of progress and hope from three families in the FamilyForward program as of early 2022.

Tim Wayman examines how inflation-spurred rising rental costs affect FamilyForward's clients and rent-support efforts for families.

Read these brief stories of progress and hope from three families in the FamilyForward program in late 2021.

FamilyForward helped Vicky achieve financial stability, and that stability benefited the entire family unit.

Joy Stories 2021: Read these brief stories of progress and hope from three families in the FamilyForward program in 2021.

In this inspirational interview, "M" shares how she overcame challenges she was facing as a single parent with a low income.

With Faith Community Homes in her corner, "Kelly” found a safer place to live and the financial fortification she urgently needed to...