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Families who can't afford start-up costs of stable housing may have a new option

Family Promise using matching grant to help families in need

Family Promise of Hall County, a nonprofit that helps homeless families, recently received a matching grant that will help the nonprofit provide start-up housing costs for families in need. Family Promise Executive Director Lindsey McCamy, left, accepted the check from Michelle Prater, the North Georgia Community Foundation's president and CEO. - photo by For The Times

Family Promise grant — Family Promise of Hall County, a nonprofit that helps homeless families, recently received a matching grant that will help the nonprofit provide start-up housing costs for families in need. Family Promise Executive Director Lindsey McCamy, left, accepted the check from Michelle Prater, the North Georgia Community Foundation's president and CEO. - photo by For The Times

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Updated: Jan 4, 2020, 10:39 PM

Published: Jan 4, 2020, 7:50 PM

Family Promise of Hall County will use a grant matched by the North Georgia Community Foundation to help families with rent or start-up costs of moving into a new home. Family Promise can be reached at 770-535-0786.

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National Day of Prayer: Annual prayer event aims to unite, inspire through faith

Residents and visitors from all over Hall County will gather on the square in downtown Gainesville for the National Day of Prayer. - photo by Scott Rogers

05032024 PRAYER 5.jpg — Residents and visitors from all over Hall County will gather on the square in downtown Gainesville for the National Day of Prayer. - photo by Scott Rogers

Skyler Ramey| For The Times

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Published: Apr 16, 2025, 5:25 PM

In a time when division often dominates the headlines, communities across Gainesville will gather to lift a unified voice of hope and faith during the National Day of Prayer.

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