FP FIVE: HEALTH METRICS
- Joe Nettesheim
- May 30
- 6 min read
May 30, 2025
The Family Promise Five is a weekly newsletter whose purpose is to update, inform, and advocate for families who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of experiencing homelessness.
The mission of Family Promise of Waukesha County is to help low-income families and families experiencing homelessness achieve sustainable independence through a community-based response.
In this edition, you will find these stories:
The Winter Emergency Overflow building is now going to be operated by Hebron Housing Services to shelter single men and women year round. What is your reaction to that news?
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
PHOTOS OF THE WEEK
01.HEALTH METRICS
Areas of strength and growth from 2024
Mission
Every year Family Promise national reviews our data to evaluate the health of our organization. They review our services, staff and board leadership, volunteer engagement, finances, as well as policies and procedures. The health metrics we share today is based on data from 2024.
The overall score for Family Promise of Waukesha County was 85.6 which is above the national average score of 77 and the Mid-America Regional score of 76.4. Some of the areas considered high performing were:
Prevention, Shelter Diversion and Shelter programs
Percentage of families who exit shelter to a positive destination (87%)
Having low barriers to shelter
Board participation
Revenue ($965,000)
Areas for growth are:
Tracking clients post shelter
providing housing programs
Having an individual with lived experience on the board of trustees
Read the full Health Metrics below
We are proud of the success of Family Promise of Waukesha County and remain committed to continued growth so we can serve the needs of families in Waukesha County.
02. LUNCH AND LEARN, ONLINE!
Learn about agencies assisting those experiencing homelessness
Community
Our second Lunch and Learn session will be held on Tuesday, June 3 from 12-1:15 pm. This session will give you an opportunity to learn about the good work being done by agencies serving families and individuals who are housing insecure in Waukesha County. These sessions are for volunteers, individuals or families seeking services or anyone who would like to understand how your community is supporting those experiencing homelessness.
June 3: Lunch and Learn, Online!: Supportive Services
Scheduled to appear:
ADRC
Hope Center
Waukesha Free Clinic
Waukesha Public Library
Lutheran Social Services
Safe Families for Children Wisconsin
Registration is helpful
Missed our first session? You can watch it here:
03. SENTRY DRIVE
The Housing Action Coalition of Waukesha County Board of Directors has approved a plan to expand services at the 1210 Sentry Drive building, providing year round services through a partnership with Hebron Housing Services. This plan will expand shelter space by 13 individual beds and add one room designed for larger families. The decision was made because of the growing need for shelter and the challenges experienced the past two years of only using the facility during the winter months.
The Sentry House will provide shelter to single men and women. Single women will be moving from Juno House while single men will move from Siena House. Juno House will be able to add one more room for families while Siena House will extend shelter services for six men who are near housing stability but require extra time to secure permanent housing.
It is important for us to share this information with you since Family Promise of Waukesha County has been involved in using the facility in a number of ways over the past two years. We are hopeful that these changes will allow our community to better address the shelter needs in our community.
Everyone is invited to an Open House on Monday June 9th at 3pm. The celebration will include an Opening Ceremony followed by tours and treats .
POLL OF THE WEEK
The Winter Emergency Overflow building is going to be operated by Hebron Housing Services to shelter single men and women year round. What is your reaction
The additional shelter is needed
It should be used year round.
Doesn't solve the problem
Need more shelter for families
You can vote for more than one answer.
04. AUCTION ITEMS NEEDED
Grateful for all those who are supporting families in need
Fund Development
Raise your hand to provide a silent or live auction item, basket or raffle prize! Your generosity will ensure that the Family Promise of Waukesha Golf Outing is a grand success and has the greatest ability to provide support to families experiencing homelessness.
Some ideas are:
Packers, Bucks, Brewers, Golden Eagles tickets
Sports outings
Broadway or civic theater tickets
Art
Sports memorabilia
Spirit wear for teams or schools
Home services like window washing, decorating service for Christmas, room painting
Museums or zoo passes
Gift cards to restaurants
Spa Day- hair, makeup, nails, massage
Golf packages
Tools
Items for around the house like a grill, lawn mower, snowblower, flag, plant, or welcome mat
Trips, park stickers, favorite day trip itinerary and gas card
Experiences like zip lining, helicopter ride , mini-golf, bowling, or movie passes
Travel Vouchers
Wine or alcohol and cigars
Your ideas!
If you would prefer to sign up to provide a basket you can use this link to provide a basket for the silent auction.
You can help support the golf outing in a few ways:
Provide an auction item
Interested in golfing: contact Julie Bice: julie@familypromisewaukeshawi.org to be added to a waitlist for a foursome.
05. INFANT AND TODDLER HOMELESSNESS
A 23% increase in infant and toddler homelessness from 2022 to 2023
Community
A new report compiled by SchoolHouse Connection and Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan completed a study on infant and toddler homelessness. Alarmingly they discovered that there is are 82,000 more infants and toddlers experiencing homelessness. This is a 23% increase. This is disturbing because we know that homelessness has a profoundly negative impact on early childhood development. It can harm a child's physical, emotional, and cognitive development. Children in unstable living conditions are at higher risk for developmental delays and health issues. Adverse childhood experiences, which homelessness is one, can bring about a trauma response which lasts a life-time.
Responding to these trends is essential as a community. We cannot fail these children. Nor can fail ourselves. The long term effects of homelessness will have a ripple effect and touch all of us.
Overall the study found that:
Nearly 450,000 infants and toddlers (ages birth through three) experienced homelessness across the U.S. in 2022–2023.
The number of infants and toddlers experiencing homelessness increased by 23% over the past two years—an estimated 82,000 additional young children.
Only 10% of infants and toddlers experiencing homelessness were served by federal early childhood programs—a decline from the previous year.
You can read the full report or watch the webinar when the report was released.
You can also focus on this one page report that summarizes infant and toddler homelessness in Wisconsin.
FIVE PLUS
Point In Time Count
Volunteers are needed to help with the Point In Time(PIT) Count which will occur the night of July 23rd. A Point-In-Time, or PIT, count is conducted twice per year in January and July. During that One-Night period, Service Providers and Volunteers go out into their communities to survey those who are experiencing unsheltered homelessness. We hope you will join us on Wednesday July 23 starting at 10pm and ending about 2 am.
Good Day Waukesha
Good Day Waukesha is a daily email that summarizes the top stories of the day for Waukesha County. They also have a feature where people can vote for their favorite non-profit. We would like to invite you to receive this email and to vote daily for Family Promise of Waukesha County!
CALENDAR
June 2 Staff Huddle
June 2 Volunteer Coordinator Meeting @ Waukesha Public Library
June 3 Lunch and Learn Online! Supportive Services
June 3 Shelter Access Meeting
June 6 Diversion Meeting with Balance of State
June 9 Staff Meeting
June 16 Board of Trustees
July 21 Family Promise of Waukesha County Golf Outing
July 23 Point in Time Count
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