Category 1: Our Mission & Programs
This is the group FPOB serves, defined by having minor children.
What are families?
Families stay at these locations for one week at a time in the rotational shelter model.
What are host congregations?
This policy allows families to file complaints if they feel unfairly treated.
What is the Grievance Policy?
This curriculum is mandatory for all families in the Stabilization Program.
What is Keys to Good Tenancy?
All FPOB staff must complete this training annually on child abuse and neglect.
What is "Indicators of Child Abuse and Neglect"?
This program provides temporary emergency housing using a rotational model with faith partners.
What is the Shelter Program?
This FPOB location serves as a day accommodation for families to access showers and case management.
What is the Firehouse?
Families must sign this to allow FPOB to collect and enter their info into the Brevard Homeless Coalition’s HMIS.
What is the Consent to HMIS Data Collection?
Stabilization case management can last up to this many months.
What is 12 months?
Intake staff must respond to referrals within this timeframe.
What is 48 business hours?
This program offers up to 12 months of case management to help families stay housed after Shelter or Prevention.
What is Stabilization?
This is required of every adult entering the Shelter Program to ensure safety.
What is a background check?
This notice, given at program entry, explains how FPOB uses and protects personal information.
What is the Notice of Privacy Practices?
Families disengaged for this long without contact will have their cases closed.
What is 30 days?
This person must be contacted immediately if child abuse is suspected, unless they’re the alleged perpetrator.
Who is the Program Director?
This upstream service helps families avoid eviction with financial assistance and case management.
What is Prevention?
Families may be denied shelter entry if they have a history of this type of crime with no proof of rehabilitation.
What are violent crimes?
Families can revoke this type of permission in writing to stop FPOB from sharing their info with others.
What is an authorization (for Release of Information)?
This type of assistance is provided by Prevention to stabilize a household's crisis.
What is rent and utility assistance?
Shelter staff ensure school-age children connect with this school official for support.
Who is the Student’s In-Transition (SIT) Lead?
This is what FPOB does by leveraging community strengths to help families facing homelessness.
What is empower and elevate?
Pregnant mothers are not admitted into Shelter during this stage of pregnancy due to specialized care needs.
What is the third trimester?
This right allows families to see a list of who FPOB has shared their personal info with, going back up to six years.
What is the Right to an Accounting of Disclosures?
This tool is updated every 30 days to track a family’s progress in Stabilization and at entry/exit in Shelter and Prevention.
What is the Self-Sufficiency Matrix?
If a staff member witnesses immediately dangerous child abuse, they should intervene and call this number first.
What is 911?