– Local Women’s Collective Giving Group funds will create a childcare voucher program for Family Promise’s Motel Shelter Program participants to secure temporary childcare while looking for employment –
LAS VEGAS, NV –June 8, 2023 – The members of Impact Las Vegas, a Nevada nonprofit women’s collective giving organization in its tenth grant year, voted on Saturday, June 3rd to award their $95,0000 grant to Family Promises of Las Vegas
For over 27 years, Family Promise of Las Vegas has been helping at-risk and homeless families with children in Clark County achieve sustainable housing and independence through a compassionate, community-based response.
Family Promise of Las Vegas opened their doors in 1996 and was one of the only family shelters in Clark County which could keep a family together with no separation while receiving services. They still hold fast to this commitment today.
Since 1996 they have expanded their capacity to serve more families each year through rental assistance and eviction prevention programs, Financial Management and Good Tenancy workshops.
With a $95,000 grant from Impact Las Vegas, Family Promise of Las Vegas will be able to provide temporary childcare funding assistance for families in their Motel Shelter Program who are unable to afford childcare while looking for full-time employment and / or while waiting for other public and private subsidized childcare applications to be approved. This program is designed to enable parents to secure childcare immediately upon entering their program which in turn enables them to seek employment and go to job interviews.
Family Promise of Las Vegas case managers have identified childcare and employment as two of the major obstacles homeless families struggle with: A parent cannot work if they do not have childcare and parents cannot afford to pay for childcare if they are not employed and making a livable wage. Family Promise of Las Vegas will partner with local childcare facilities near the motels where they place the families in their program and payment will be paid directly to the childcare facility.
According to Board President, Wendy Waite, the 2023 grant award of $95,000 represents the combined giving from ninety-five Impact Las Vegas Members. “In our collective giving model, “she explained, “100% of each woman’s individual $1,000 membership donation is pooled so that we can make a bigger difference and have a more significant impact with our charitable giving than any of us might be able to do alone.”
In February 2023, Impact Las Vegas received grant letters of inquiry from 90 Southern Nevada nonprofits. Members then narrowed the field to 17 organizations who were invited to submit full grant applications. In April, Member volunteers scored and evaluated these applications, choosing four semi-finalists for in-person site visits in May.
Two Finalists made short presentations to all Impact Las Vegas Members on Saturday, June 3rd where each member voted and chose the organization’s tenth grant recipient.
“It was an incredibly difficult decision for our 95 Members,” said Ms. Waite. “But when the Impact Las Vegas grant was announced, each of us witnessed, first-hand, the power of women connecting, giving as one.”
Family Promise of Las Vegas Executive Director, Terry Ruth Lindemann, “Family Promise is thrilled and honored to be chosen to partner with Impact Las Vegas! This funding will have a large and long-term impact on the community this year because, based on our current budget, FPLV anticipates this program will provide childcare for at least 240 children. Thank you to the Members of Impact Las Vegas for this generous gift!”
Impact Las Vegas also awarded a $10,200 Members Award to their other finalist, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Greater Las Vegas, bringing the total awarded since 2014 to $503,808!
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If you’d like more information about Impact Las Vegas and this topic, or to schedule an interview with representatives from Impact Las Vegas and a representative from Family Promise of Las Vegas, please e-mail Maureen.Romito@impact-lv.org or call (702) 285-4838.
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About Impact Las Vegas:
Impact Las Vegas consists of women who donate $1,000 each year by December 31st. 100% of these membership donations is pooled and given out as an annual grant to a Southern Nevada nonprofit organization in one of five focus areas: Culture, Education, Environment, Family, or Health & Wellness. For more information on Impact Las Vegas or to become a member, please visit the website at www.impact-lv.org. Or send an e-mail to info@impact-lv.org.
About Family Promise of Las Vegas:
Family Promise of Las Vegas is a 501 C-3 non profit organization registered in good standing with the State of Nevada. Their mission is to assist families experiencing homelessness or at risk for homelessness to transition to self-sufficiency through smart programming to include case management, returning to the workforce, transition to affordable housing, Financial Management and Good Tenancy education. To learn more about Family Promise of Las Vegas please visit their website at www.fplv.org or send an email to info@fplv.org.