Family Promise Carbon County of Nesquehoning will receive $45,000 in funds through the Neighborhood Assistance Program.

Gov. Tom Wolf recently announced the grant as part of nearly $36 million to 220 community revitalization projects across the commonwealth. “Communities from every corner of Pennsylvania will benefit from this funding - the result of public-private partnerships and cooperation,” said Wolf. “We are pleased to continue supporting NAP applicants who are committed to advancing and improving communities by making thoughtful plans to address the issues impacting their neighborhoods. These projects make the state stronger as a whole and keep it the best place to live, work and play.”

According to the grant application, “the number of people experiencing homelessness in Carbon County tripled between 2019 and 2020, according to a federally mandated Point in Time Count - an annually county-specific survey of homelessness.”

In terms of county demographics, 73.69% of the population are households without children and 50.14% of the county population are women.

“At Family Promise of Carbon County, we have been evaluating our call logs to ascertain what percentage of calls are from single women and families,” the organization wrote. “Our findings show that 52% of all direct calls for help have been from single women experiencing homelessness that we cannot currently serve while we still have 48% of our calls from families experiencing homelessness.

“We do not have the capacity to serve single women and additional families.”

Family Promise employs two people - a case manager and the executive director.

Through the grant, the organization hopes to expand services through its new location in the former St. Francis of Assisi Church and Rectory in Nesquehoning, which was recently purchased.