May 21, 2016
Families In Crisis
If you're being hurt, we can help.
Since 1980 · 501(c)(3) nonprofit
About Us
What began in 1980 as a handful of volunteers who knew Killeen needed a shelter is now a multi-program social service agency covering three counties and one of the largest military installations in the United States.
Mission
Families In Crisis, Inc. (FIC), a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, houses, supports, and empowers people experiencing family violence, sexual violence, and homelessness.
Vision
FIC envisions families and individuals that experience comfort and safety through the shelter and services of FIC, leading to restoration, wholeness and self-sufficiency.
Core values
FIC is committed to practicing the following values in all interaction between board members, staff and clients:
Trust
Honesty
Dedication
Commitment to the mission
Person-centered service delivery
Belief in the worth of every individual
Respect.
Who we are
Families In Crisis, Inc. was established in 1980 to assist and empower victims of family violence and sexual assault in Bell, Coryell, and Hamilton counties in Texas, including Fort Hood. What started as a grassroots effort by volunteers has since evolved into a multi-program, comprehensive social service organization serving survivors of family and sexual violence, veterans and their families, and people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Services include emergency safe shelter, transitional and permanent housing assistance, crisis intervention counseling, case management, a 24-hour hotline, hospital accompaniment, provision of food, clothing, personal care items and household items, support groups, life skills classes, and information and referral. All services are confidential and free of charge.
Our history
1980
The need for a shelter for battered women and their children in the Killeen–Fort Hood area had been recognized for years. An organizational meeting that summer led to the formation of Families In Crisis.
1981
Funds from the City of Killeen’s Community Development Block Grant and the Attorney General’s Office allow the agency to begin offering shelter services.
1983
The current Killeen shelter facility is purchased, offering 65 beds for men, women, and children. The same year, FIC merges with the Central Texas Rape Crisis Center.
2000
Services expand to rural and underserved populations with three new outreach offices — Temple, Gatesville, and Hamilton — alongside Killeen.
2002
Rental assistance begins for survivors of family and sexual violence, through the City of Killeen’s HOME Program and the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.
2007
A second shelter opens in Temple through a partnership with Leadership Temple — developed entirely through donations, and now fully funded.
2009
Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing funds extend supportive services and rental assistance to veterans, youth aging out of foster care, and the wider homeless population.
2012
A long-term goal is realized: HUD-funded transitional housing at scattered sites in Temple and Killeen — 50 agency-leased or owned units.
2013
The City of Killeen approaches FIC about sheltering the general homeless population. A $1.4M CDBG renovation project begins.
2015
The Friends In Crisis Homeless Shelter opens its doors on December 23.
2025
22,423 shelter nights to 673 family violence survivors. 3,397 hotline calls answered. 31,337 shelter nights to 968 people at the homeless shelter. 672 clients served by the housing programs, plus 421 in the Veterans Housing Program.
Every night of shelter is paid for by someone in Central Texas.
We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and a United Way agency. Gifts are tax deductible.