A Home, A Hope, A Future
Reclaiming Lives, One Family at a Time
Families Helping Families of Illinois is a grassroots organization started in 1994 that helps families facing homelessness in DuPage County. FHF provides apartments and supportive services to families while they work to reclaim their lives.
Check out this sweet drawing from 10-year-old G., a child in the Families Helping Families program! She made it for her amazing mentors, Jo and Phil, who’ve shown up every week with love and encouragement. The whole crew just celebrated one year together with hugs, cupcakes, and so much gratitude!
FHF Is Serving Even More Families in 2025!
To learn more about FHF, please watch our video that features our clients sharing their journeys in their own words.
Volunteers Change Lives
Mentors are the heart and soul of FHF!
Are your kids in school or headed off to college? Are you looking to meet wonderful people and get more involved in the Naperville community?
Vounteer with Families Helping Families of Illinois (FHF) to help homeless families in our community. FHF has served more than 175 homeless families through a proven program that helps our clients – mostly single moms – as they work toward self-sufficiency. Our clients receive safe housing in Naperville and the support of mentors who serve as life consultants. That’s where you come in.
Mentors work in pairs and receive training and lots of support.
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- Mentor in teams of two.
- Mentor with a friend, or we can pair you.
- The commitment is about 1-2 hours per week.
Sponsor
Fuel our mission by becoming a sponsor of our benefit dinner. Sponsors enjoy promotion of their business and complimentary event tickets.
Donate
Every dollar and any item you donate helps a family in need and is tax deductible.
Volunteer
Discover various opportunities to get involved and support those who need it most.
A Small Gift, A Big Impact
Appeals & Donations
Stock the Resource Closet
Did you know that everyday needs like toilet paper, toothpaste, and soap cannot be obtained using SNAP (food stamps)? Our Resource Closet stocks these everyday items for FHF families that strain already tight budgets. Donating to our Closet helps ensure that our families have access to these basic needs.
Quarter Drive
Our families use pay washers and dryers that only accept quarters. Each load costs $1.50 to wash and $1.25 to dry – over $10 per week. That is a lot of money for our families who live on very limited budgets.
Would your group, classroom, troop, etc. consider doing a Quarter Drive for this critical need? Every quarter counts!
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