On a warm Saturday morning in late October 2025, Eddie graduated from Crisis Assistance Ministry’s Financial Empowerment service. Following months of one-on-one counseling filled with honest — and sometimes challenging — conversations with his Financial Empowerment Specialist, Randee, Eddie marked his hard work with a graduation celebration. Life Before Financial Empowerment In early 2025, Eddie was married with four children. He had a thriving […]
Crisis Assistance Ministry is happy to welcome Sherry Ferguson, Jay Herring, and Allison Hoffman to the Board of Directors! Serving on Crisis Assistance Ministry’s Board of Directors means far more than attending meetings. Board members help shape policy for programs that help families move toward self-sufficiency, and support staff who show up every day to meet neighbors at some of the hardest moments of their […]
Thank you for believing in me. Thank you for seeing me past my circumstances because I’ve come out on the other side.
When we first told Julia’s story, almost a decade ago now, she was emerging from life-altering tragedy and grateful to have found help and hope at Crisis Assistance Ministry. With your support, her utilities were restored, she was connected to one-on-one coaching for longer term housing stability, and later found her voice as a Customer […]
Every day in Mecklenburg County, families face unexpected crises – a job loss, a medical emergency, or a sudden rent increase – that threaten to upend their stability. When that happens, no one should have to face those challenges alone. That belief drives Crisis Assistance Ministry’s Partner Agency Network, a collaboration of organizations working together to ensure help arrives […]
For 50 years, this community has come together here to offer help, hope, and understanding to Mecklenburg County neighbors in need of housing stability. In honor of this milestone year, we are sharing 50 stories of Crisis Assistance Ministry throughout the year. Here’s a recap so far:
The newly released 2024 State of Housing Instability and Homelessness (SoHIH) report paints a stark picture of the deepening housing crisis in Mecklenburg County, underscoring the urgent need for intervention and support. The report, produced by Mecklenburg County Community Support Services, reveals alarming trends in cost burden, evictions, and homelessness, and warrants immediate action from policymakers, community organizations, and individuals.
Our Community Impact Report details the difference made for families experiencing the financial gap in Charlotte-Mecklenburg in the most recent fiscal year.
