On Monday, Family Promise of Santa Clarita held a groundbreaking ceremony for the organization’s new resource center and housing units.

This week, the groundbreaking of Family Promise of Santa Clarita’s new resource center and housing units was held by the organization on an open plot of land in the 23600 block of Newhall Avenue in Newhall, with several notable speakers featured.

“We are proud to support Family Promise of Santa Clarita Valley in their mission to assist homeless families to exit homelessness through this building project”, said Lance Williams, chairman and CEO of Williams Homes. “We live and work in Santa Clarita, this is our community, and we are honored to be able to give back and support the most vulnerable among us.”

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Williams Homes is a local home builder which dedicated itself toward collaborating with Family Promise to build the new center, according to officials with Family Promise.

“I look at each and everyone of Santa Clarita City Councilmembers Mr. Mayor, and I want to thank you, because we are all in this together,” said Los Angeles County Board of Supervisor Kathryn Barger, who represents the Santa Clarita Valley. “It is one Valley and one vision, and the vision is no family should languish on the streets. No individual should languish on the streets.”

The event also had support from Mayor Bill Miranda.

“Every year we support all the homeless initiatives that come to us, and we even initiate some of them on our own,” Mayor Miranda said during his speech. “As I look around, there’s so many supportive people that have done so much to help and assist the homeless.”

Assemblywoman Suzette Valladares, R-Santa Clarita, also spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony in support of the organization’s new resource center.

“Even in Sacramento, we are passing and allocating a lot of resources,” Valladares said. “But what we can’t do, especially at the local level, is produce the vision that Family Promise has produced. Let’s give a clap for that vision.”

The ceremony culminated in the groundbreaking, with the city council and other organizers coming forward and each using a shovel to symbolize the event’s beginning.

Due to the pandemic, Family Promise is still in need of donations and support to offer aid to the homeless population of Santa Clarita, including support for families.

Since opening its doors in June 2011, Family Promise has: 

• Housed 113 families (371 people) at congregations, 
• Provided motel stays for 74 families (240 people) for 287 nights, 
• Provided over 23,000 nightly beds, 
• Served over 78,000 meals, 
• Provided support services and supplies for over 3,300 people, 
• Provided Lyft, Uber and TAP cards for parents to go to work. 
• Until there are no children in the Santa Clarita Valley experiencing homelessness its work will continue, according to Family Promise officials. 

Donations to the shelter offer struggling families hope for a new future. They provide motel shelter, transportation support and case management to all homeless families, according to officials.

To donate to the organization, or to find out more about its work, click here.

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