Imagine trying to solve a puzzle where each piece is hidden in a different room, and every time you need help, you’re sent to yet another room with no clear direction. This is often the experience of people navigating complex social services systems, especially for...
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Walking with Families and Communities, 2-Generations at a Time
For over 50 years, Agape Child and Family Services has worked to strengthen families by creating healthy home environments. In 2009, Agape wanted to live their mission more deeply by offering innovative, effective services to reach people living in neighborhoods with...
Cross-domain Equity Solutions for Cities of Opportunity
In 2018, the National League of Cities (NLC) partnered with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to launch Cities of Opportunity (CoO), an agenda for action that builds capacity of city leaders to establish “Cultures of Health” by holistically improving the economic,...
“No Wrong-Doors” to United Way-funded programs across agencies
United Way of the Mid-South (UW) is Driving the Dream (DTD) to combat pervasive, intergenerational poverty. In Memphis, Tennessee, a city with an overall poverty rate of 26.2% and in which 43% of kids live in poverty, the United Way is committed to helping people...
Growing NAEYC-Accredited Childcare in Underserved Areas
Higher education, business and philanthropic leaders increase access to nationally accredited childcare to low-income families by 1800% in ten years through Ready, Set, Grow! In 2003, the Mayor of Shelby County, the University of Memphis and Memphis Tomorrow,...