Background & History of WFF

Working Families’ Friend was founded on April 1, 2003 to fill a need in our community that was not being met: providing emergency assistance to working, or recently unemployed, individuals who found themselves in an unexpected one-time crisis. The working people in our community were an underserved population. Traditional social service programs that provide emergency assistance typically have at, or below, poverty level income requirements.

Working Families’ Friend has no income, demographic, or geographic guidelines. Our agency assists people who support themselves and their families and, most of whom, have never had to ask for help or even know where to turn for help. Our emergency assistance comes in the form of advocacy in most cases. We advocate on behalf of people who are facing a crisis but do not have the time or tenacity to fight for themselves.

Working Families’ Friend was established as an independent not-for-profit charity in order to serve working people in need throughout the community. WFF was founded on the philosophy that by keeping the self-supporting individuals in our communities working and self-sustainable, we help maintain a healthy and thriving community which benefits us all.