Life Skills Center under way
The Humble area is the location of a HomeAid Houston build project in partnership with First American Homes, the home building division of the Signorelli Company. Families who are facing crisis situations will soon be able to spend their days being mentored or obtaining on-site job training in a safe, nurturing environment in the soon-to-be completed Family Promise of Lake Houston Life Skills Center.
The families who will be served by this Life Skills Center can be experiencing any number of circumstances including fire, flood, the death of a spouse, loss of a job, an eviction, or a foreclosure of a home. Promise House will also provide administrative offices, additional mentoring and counseling offices, on-site training rooms, a teaching kitchen, a computer and educational room as well as a family room, library and children’s playroom. HomeAid, a 501(c)(3) charity of the Greater Houston Builders Association (GHBA), helped facilitate the construction and continues to provide support for the project.
“It has been extremely rewarding to watch the construction begin on this much anticipated project for our agency partner Family Promise,” said Nicole Jacob, president of HomeAid Houston. “We are also honored to have First America Homes as the builder captain. The company is a huge supporter of Family Promise and HomeAid, and they continue to show their generosity and compassion for helping families in need. We cannot thank First America Homes,
Dave Barnhart their home building division president, and their vendors and suppliers enough for making this possible.”
Family Promise of Lake Houston is an agency that meets the immediate needs of homeless families while empowering them to attain self-sufficiency. During the day, families will come to their home base which is the Life Skills Center, where they will complete weekly goals, life skills classes, budgeting, parenting, and GED fast track certification.
Funders to the project include The William Stamps Farish Fund, Albemarle Foundation, Ascentium Capital and Avis Charitable Foundation. FPLH is also receiving funding from the PetSmart Charitable Foundation, who will pay for a pet condo on the property, allowing families to keep their pets as they work to improve their situation.
For more, call 281-9708970 or visit www.homeaidhouston.org.