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SUMMIT, N.J., May 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Family Promise, the nation s leading nonprofit addressing family homelessness, has announced the continuation of their partnership with Clayton®, a national home builder of site-built and off-site built homes. Through the partnership, which launched in November of 2019, Clayton and Family Promise aim to prevent more than 700 families from becoming homeless in 2021, through educational outreach educational outreach and resource development, comprehensive case management, support services, and non-traditional, affordable housing solutions for graduate families, such as off-site built housing and transitional housing.
Clayton supports Family Promise s mission to eliminate family homelessness through prevention and diversion grants along with transitional home donations.
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As Americans continue to struggle after an especially wrought year, IKEA is rolling out another initiative aimed at helping with CVOID-19 relief efforts. The home furnishing retailer s new program, A Place Called Home, will partner directly with organizations Family Promise and Save the Children to aid families experiencing homelessness across the U.S. It will also seek to help underserved communities obtain adequate supplies and furnishings for remote learning needs.
This is the latest in a line of several aid efforts led by the Swedish furnishings company. In March and April of last year, IKEA donated $1.9 million to the American Red Cross, Feeding America, and local departments of health, as well as other medical organizations, and nonprofits.
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Sonny Beaâs Floral & Event Design is branching out and adding a second location in Oxford; Sonny Beaâs Floral Studio, with a specific market in mind.
âThis will be our floral design location for weddings,â said
Natalie Weaver, who opened the first Sonny Beaâs in Nov. 2019 in the Oxford Square Shopping Center. âWe want to expand our bridal options.â
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âThe flowers could be pressed and dried or placed in resin,â Weaver said.
Weaver said funeral arrangements would also be fulfilled here because of the additional floor space, which is helpful for grave blankets and other large arrangements.
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As the pandemic enters its second year, millions of renters are struggling with a loss of income and with the insecurity of not knowing how long they will have a home. Their savings depleted, they are running up credit card debt to make the rent or accruing months of overdue payments. Families are moving in together, offsetting the cost of housing by finding others to share it.
The nation has a plague of housing instability that was festering long before COVID-19, and the pandemic’s economic toll has only made it worse. Now the financial scars are deepening and the disruptions to family life growing more severe, leaving a legacy that will remain long after mass vaccinations.