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.

Board Member Jennifer Strimling explains how FF works with NAHA to address the affordable-housing crisis in the northwest suburbs.

Exec. Dir. Beverly Worthington is inspired by how FamilyForward turns "thought bubbles" into opportunities, building family support systems.

FamilyForward has been awarded a generous grant and ongoing legacy support from Congregational United Church of Christ of Arlington Heights.

Read these Joy Stories as of early 2024: Brief stories of progress and hope from four families in the FamilyForward program.

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 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.

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

Read these stories of progress and hope from three families who completed the Faith Community Homes program at the end of 2020.

We are grateful to Jason Stallard and The Stallard Group, Keller Williams, for featuring our mission in the Love Local - OFF 53 initiative.