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 2025
 Annual Report   

Letter
From the Executive Director

A Year of Need and Challenges

Dear Friend,

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2025 was a year defined by rapidly escalating need, funding challenges, and resilience. The funding landscape changed rapidly as federal resources dried up, private grants became even more competitive, and people in general navigated unstable economic conditions. Across El Paso County, families faced severe housing pressures that included soaring rents, stagnant wages, and the growing reality that for an ever-increasing number of families, even full-time employment is no longer a guarantee of sustainable housing.

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In this environment, Family Promise of Colorado Springs remained steadfast in helping more families to achieve or maintain stable housing.

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In 2026, the need for all of us to stand together and offer support, compassion, and hope to families will remain high. As an agency, we plan to offer the highest-quality services to our families, expand high-impact programs, and continuously strive to keep families together as they work to overcome housing instability.

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Thanks to our donors, partner congregations, and volunteers, we kept children safe, supported parents in crisis, and kept families together during their most vulnerable times. Your support made it possible for families to achieve stable housing with dignity and hope.

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We are proud of what we accomplished together. And we know the work ahead is critical.

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Thank you for walking with us.

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Tim Close
Executive Director
Family Promise of Colorado Springs

Our
Mission

To help families experiencing housing instability in the Pikes Peak region stay together as they achieve stable housing through eviction prevention, temporary shelter, and stabilization services.

Our
Vision

A Colorado Springs where families remain stably housed and have ready access to the resources they need to build healthy futures for their children.

Our
Values

Dignity. Hospitality. Empowerment. Community. Family First.

2025 At A Glance

  A Community Responding to Crisis  

Colorado Springs saw a dramatic surge in family homelessness this year which included a record number of parents and children living in their vehicles. Applications for shelter and eviction prevention doubled during some months.

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Family Promise of Colorado Springs responded with agility, compassion, and innovation. The work of our staff and volunteers made a significant impact on families facing homelessness, keeping them together and avoiding the trauma that creates generational patterns.

  Our Impact in 2025  

Eviction Prevention

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$

34

families received

in eviction prevention assistance last year

$40,000+

88%

of these families

remained in their homes

The Family Shelter Program

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The program safely sheltered

13 parents & 21 children  

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1,540

Nights of shelter provided

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145 

meals

Were provided

by our congregation partners

each graduating family received for deposit & move-in expenses

$3,000+

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92%

of families successfully

exited into stable housing

100 percent

of families remained intact and

children stayed with their parents

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Stories of Impact

“We were living in our car – me and my two children – before we moved into Family Promise. Now I have a job, a car, and we have a home of our own.”
 
– A Family’s Journey Home

Family Promise was contacted by the Colorado Springs Fire Department with an urgent need for a family found sleeping in their car in a local park. Although FPCOS is not an emergency shelter, we recognized the urgency of their need and had an open room that could accommodate the family. Over the course of their stay with us, our case managers worked with them to gain steady employment, purchase an affordable vehicle, and ultimately an apartment of their own. Now the family is well on their way to a stable home environment for their children. 

Our Programs

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  Eviction Prevention  

Keeping families housed is the most effective and most cost-efficient solution. Through high-impact case management, we provide financial literacy, landlord mediation, guidance on available aid and assistance, transportation assistance, access to food and fuel through gift cards and transportation passes, and immediate stabilization planning.

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Impact Highlight: The cost to stabilize a family through prevention is 10–20x lower than providing aid once they have been evicted. 

  Family Shelter Program  

A safe, dignified, trauma-informed, and family-centered residence. Each resident family has a private room, storage, and access to community living areas like a full-service kitchen, bathrooms, and laundry facilities. 

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Additional services include:

  • Weekly on-site case management to set a stabilization plan and guidance to achieve longer-term housing upon graduation

  • Home-cooked meals are provided each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday by our volunteers

  • Private overnight accommodations

  • Transportation assistance through public transportation, ride share programs, or even affordable vehicle purchases

  • Employment and childcare support

  • Connection to community resources available through partner agencies

  Transportation Program  

Affordable transportation is often the missing link between homelessness and stability. In 2025, we launched our Transportation Program to help families expand access to essentials like employment, childcare, and education.

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Our Transportation Program provides:

  • Access to affordable vehicles

  • Free Bus passes

  • Ride share services to job interviews, healthcare appointments, etc.

  • Vehicle repair assistance (when applicable)

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In 2025, our Transportation Program provided:

  • Two vehicles to families that otherwise would not have been able to afford a vehicle

  • Vehicle repair assistance to two families

  • More than 200 bus passes

  Stabilization Program  

For families that receive either eviction prevention assistance or short-term shelter, our goal is to help families maintain stable housing once the crisis has been resolved. Our Stabilization program aims to support and help ensure that our families maintain a stable housing environment for their families.

 

Our Stabilization program includes:

  • Our case managers will offer a regular schedule of case management meetings to support our families’ paths to sustained stable housing

  • Continued connection to resources and aid where needed

  • Referrals to key services like childcare, transportation, mental health services, and more

2026 Priorities

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01

Expand Eviction Prevention Services

Raise $100,000 to help families facing eviction.

03

Grow Volunteer Engagement

Offer creative ways for our volunteers to support and interact with the families we serve.

02

Expand Housing Options

Gain additional housing options to aid more families in need.

04

Enhance Transportation Capacity

Provide more vehicles and access to transportation for more families.

Our Supporters

  Congregational Partners:  

  • First Presbyterian Church

  • First Lutheran Church

  • First United Methodist Church

  • Ascension Lutheran Church

  • Bethel Lutheran Church

  • First Baptist Church

  • First Congregational Church

  • First Christian Church

  • Central United Methodist Church

  • Vista Grande Community Church

  • Cragmor Christian Reformed Church

  • Faith Presbyterian Church

  • Family of Christ Lutheran Church

  • Calvary United Methodist Church

  • Our Lady of the Pines Catholic Church

  • Beth-El Mennonite Church

  • St Paul's United Methodist Church

  • Faith Lutheran Church Women

  Grants Provided By:  

  • El Pomar Foundation

       (Trustee Merit Grant Recipient 2025)

  • Daniel’s Fund

  • The Moniker Foundation

  • The Sam S. Bloom Foundation

Our Leadership

  Board of Directors  

Carrie West

President

Jerry White

Board Member

Steve Scott

Vice President

Grace Kumar

Board Member

Carl Stecker

Treasurer

Allegra Henry

Secretary

Dorothy Horton

Board Member

  Staff  

Tim Close

Executive Director

Mariela Lockett

Director of Family Services

Andrew Gregerson

Office Administrator

Dallas Green

Case Manager

Ways to Get Involved

THANK YOU

for helping families find their way home
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