Family Promise says city funding helped stabilize more than 100 families; neighbors raise concerns about local impacts

Family Promise of Skagit Valley reported to the Sedro-Woolley City Council that city funding labeled in the meeting as “15 90” supported shelter, seasonal drop-in services and a prevention specialist, which the nonprofit said helped stabilize dozens of families over the past six months.

Audria Wall, executive director of Family Promise of Skagit Valley, told the council “these are taxpayer dollars that are put to good use,” and gave a breakdown of clients served and program outcomes.

Wall said seasonal drop‑in shelter programming served 28 families and 89 individuals over the winter; year‑round shelter supported 16 families in six months; the prevention specialist served 61 families and 210 individuals, and overall Family Promise served 105 families in the last six months with 55 families permanently housed and stabilized. She said 25 percent of participants were Sedro‑Woolley…