"Leading the fight against homelessness, one family at a time."
Celebrating 25 years of service!
New Executive Director
for Family Promise Salt Lake
Rev. Brian Diggs
Rev. Brian Diggs has over 20 years of experience leading United Methodist congregations and non-profit organizations into deeper action and commitment to mission. He was the director at UMCOR (The United Methodist Committee on Relief) West Office and Depot since it opened in 2009. Prior to working with UMCOR, Diggs served as senior pastor of First United Methodist Church in Salt Lake City for 10 years.
Since arriving in Salt Lake City in 1997, Rev. Diggs has supported the work and mission of Family Promise and is excited to help lead Family Promise in our continued effort to provide housing and sustainable independence for homeless families. Rev. Diggs is an ordained clergy person in the Mountain Sky Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church and received his M. Div. from the Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina. His focus was on liturgy as ethical formation.
We are Family Promise Salt Lake
Giving families the support they need to find long-term independence
The Family Promise experience through the words of guests, staff, and volunteers.
We work with faith communities throughout the area to provide resources for families facing homelessness. With the support of the community, we help children and families build long-term stability.
Family Promise Salt Lake and our dedicated volunteers have been helping families in the Salt Lake area for decades. Faith congregations throughout our community help us feed, house, and serve families and children experiencing homelessness. With your support, we can make a lasting impact on our community and continue to serve those who need it most.
Thank you for visiting Family Promise Salt Lake!
We are here and we are continuing our mission to provide safe, family emergency shelter and basic needs to families with children experiencing homelessness. Although family emergency shelter looks different right now, it is still very much needed. We have over 40 families in our shelter, housing and aftercare (graduate) programs, and are continuously reminded how extremely difficult it is to be going through this pandemic without a home, or the insecurity of maintaining housing stability. In addition to safe shelter, we’re providing families with basic needs; we’re connecting families to mainstream resources, and most importantly, we’re helping families move home. We are here, and we stand with our resilient families and children. Family Promise is the leader in providing family emergency shelter and we will continue to do this work during these unprecedented times.
Our Impact
Homelessness is a growing concern in our community, but with your help, we’re making a real, lasting, and sustainable impact in the lives of children and families throughout Salt Lake County.
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35%
of those experiencing homelessness in Utah are families
800+
families served by Family Promise Salt Lake since 1995
90%
of families still housed 2 years after finishing our program
2700+
volunteers donate thousands of hours every year