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Spartanburg
Interfaith
Hospitality
Network
SPIHN
899 South Pine Street
Spartanburg, SC 29302
864-597-0699
SPIHN is an affiliate
of Family Promise (formerly the Interfaith Hospitality Network) which has been
helping homeless families since 1986 and currently has 96 networks spread across
the United States.
Website:
www.familypromise.org
Our Vision
To Make homelessness a temporary phase in the lives of
families who are touched by this organization.
Our Mission
To provide temporary shelter, food, and support services for
local homeless families in a caring atmosphere, by bringing together faith
communities, volunteers, and social service agencies.
The Need
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Families with young
children now account for up to forty percent of America's homeless.
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Families are the fastest
growing segment of homeless.
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There are an estimated
3500 people in the Upstate of South Carolina who are homeless.
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Spartanburg has less than
half the beds needed to accommodate the number homeless families.
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Many existing local
shelters' sleeping quarters are separated by gender. SPIHN guests are kept
together as a family, in their own separate rooms.
Visitors since May 2005
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