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Crisis Assistance Ministry

Crisis Assistance Ministry

Charlotte, NC

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Group of people standing and talking in the Crisis Assistance Ministry lobby during the 2025 alumni event

April 9, 2026

Guiding Stability Inside the Crisis Assistance Ministry Board of Directors

When a sudden job loss, medical bill, or unexpected expense threatens to push a family out of their home, the decisions made around a nonprofit board table can determine whether that neighbor keeps the lights on—or falls into deeper crisis. This is the heart of the work of the Crisis Assistance Ministry Board of Directors, […]

Filed Under: Agency News Tagged With: Board Members, Board of Directors, Charlotte Nonprofits, Community Leadership, Crisis Assistance Ministry, Emergency Rent and Utility Help, Financial Assistance, Housing Stability, Mecklenburg Nonprofits, Nonprofit Governance, Volunteer Leadership

December 16, 2025

Sharing Hope, Warmth, & Light

Thank you for believing in me. Thank you for seeing me past my circumstances because I’ve come out on the other side.

Filed Under: Campaign, Customer Stories Tagged With: Customer, Financial Assistance, holiday 2025, holiday giving

November 1, 2025

Julia: Giving Back in Gratitude

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 […]

Filed Under: Customer Stories, Volunteer Stories Tagged With: #PreserveDignity, Customer, customer advovate, Economic Mobility, Financial Assistance, Financial Empowerment, Gratitude, holiday giving, Housing Stability, Julia, Volunteers

October 21, 2025

Stronger Together: How Our Partner Agency Network Amplifies Impact

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 […]

Filed Under: Agency News, Customer Stories Tagged With: Community, Economic Mobility, Financial Assistance, Latin American Coaltion, Partnerships

July 16, 2025

50 Stories for 50 Years

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:

Filed Under: Agency News, Customer Stories Tagged With: 50, 50YrsofHopeCLT, Customer, Economic Mobility, Financial Assistance

February 28, 2025

Housing Instability Deepens in Mecklenburg County

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.

Filed Under: Advocacy Tagged With: #PreventHomelessness, Financial Assistance, SoHIH, State of Housing Instability and Homelessness

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May 30, 2024

Community Impact Report

Our Community Impact Report details the difference made for families experiencing the financial gap in Charlotte-Mecklenburg in the most recent fiscal year.

Filed Under: Agency News Tagged With: 2023, annual report, Community Impact, Customer, Emergency Assistance, Financial Assistance, Free Store, Housing Stability

November 17, 2023

The Real Meaning of Hope, Warmth, & Light

Hope. Warmth. Light. What do these words really mean? What happens when they are taken away? Joe’Asia knows that fear, but she’s now able to share warmth with her family thanks to the help of neighbors like you.

Filed Under: Campaign, Customer Stories Tagged With: #Holiday2023, 50, Customer, Economic Mobility, Financial Assistance, Financial Empowerment, Holiday2023

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Congratulations to Sil Ganzó, from @ourbridgeforkids, for being named the 2025 Charlotte Woman of the Year!

At Crisis Assistance Ministry, we are honored to see her recognized alongside two leaders from our own history: founding CEO Caroline Love Myers and current CEO Carol Hardison who were both named Charlotte Woman of the Year.

All three women share a powerful common thread: they listen closely to neighbors who are often overlooked, create spaces where every family can belong, and turn urgent community needs into lasting change for Charlotte.

We are deeply honored to share this legacy and to celebrate Sil Ganzó as the 2025 Charlotte Woman of the Year.

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Years after getting help to keep a roof over her kids’ heads, Jennifer now leads Wells Fargo volunteer teams in our Free Store. The same place that once helped her through a hard season is where she now shows up for other families.

Want to see why serving here means so much to her?
👉 Read her full story at (link in bio).

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#WorldHealthDay, but make it spring cleaning. 🌱

Our Free Store helps neighbors find clothes, shoes, and everyday essentials—without spending a dime—so they can put more toward rent, meds, and keeping the lights on.

Freshen your closet, boost a family’s health. Want to see how the Free Store works and what we’re stocking this season?

Head to our bio to learn more and find out how your spring clean‑out can help fill the shelves. 💛

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Name a better group activity than pulling up with @presenthelpmovement to inspect donations and stock shelves at @crisisassistmin. We’ll wait. 🙌🏽

These volunteers are making it easier for neighbors to find what they need—for free—at @crisisassistmin.

Got a group that wants to do some good together? Come volunteer with us. 💛 (Link in the usual place 😏)

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If you’re looking for our impact, follow the lines.

Each ribbon on this carousel leads to one way neighbors, donors, and volunteers kept Charlotte families stable in FY 2025:

1️⃣ 43,927 neighbors received help when they needed it most.
2️⃣ 1.7 million items of clothing, household goods, and appliances were distributed free of charge.
3️⃣ $3.6 million in emergency rent assistance helped prevent eviction and homelessness.
4️⃣ 100% of Financial Empowerment graduates remained housed 12 months later.
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These aren’t just numbers. They are meals on tables, lights that stayed on, and leases that didn’t get broken.

👉 Swipe through, follow a line, and see how your support keeps Charlotte families housed, hopeful, and moving forward.

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