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Family Promise of Tualatin Valley (FPTV) is a non-profit organization that serves homeless children and their families. We are creating a network of religious and civic organizations that will provide shelter, meals, and resource assistance. Individual family plans are developed with our FPTV case manager to help families identify and connect with services specific to their needs with permanent housing being the priority. We believe that if a student can stay with their family, in their own school, in their own routine, in their own community, they – and their families – can succeed.

People’s Emergency Center (PEC) is located in West Philadelphia. PEC’s mission is to nurture families, strengthen neighborhoods and drive change. For families, children, and youth experiencing homelessness, PEC offers more than 235 affordable housing units, job training, parenting and early childhood education, financial education and planning, life skills and technology classes. PEC seeks to change the life trajectory for the families who seek its services and inspire them to achieve housing security and financial stability.

Magnolia CDC is a 501(c)3 non-profit community development corporation established in 2010 to serve St. Landry and Lafayette Parishes in Louisiana. This organization provides social, economic and community development assistance to our targeted population of low to moderate income families. Their vision is to build sustainable communities that provide the potential for homeownership to all residents. They also plan to improve accessibility to quality education, increase family income and build economic activity through business development.

Casa Familia Inc. will foster affordable housing, vocational training, employment services, and person centered solutions for individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Our planned residential community will be a safe and caring home for adults with IDD providing each individual with physical and emotional security and a dignified quality of life. Casa Familia Inc. will encompass a community of people including caregivers, educators, friends and family that will empower and sustain the residents to live meaningful, productive and fulfilling lives. Continued lifelong learning, social growth and skills development will support the residents to achieve their fullest potential.

The African American Alliance for Homeownership is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community based organization in Portland, Oregon. We are a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) approved Housing Counseling Agency with HUD-certified counselors providing first-time homebuyer and foreclosure prevention services to the public. In recent years, AAAH has expanded its services to support homeowners seeking estate plans, resource navigation, home repairs, and energy efficiency upgrades. Collectively, our programs help families, Obtain, Retain, Maintain, and Sustain their homes.

Yellowstone was founded to provide a safe place and a plan of recovery for individuals who have lost their way due to drugs and alcohol, our primary purpose is to serve as a message center for recovery Established in 1997, Yellowstone was founded to provide a place and plan for indigent women who suffer from the diseases of drug addiction and alcoholism. Our primary purpose is to help women achieve sobriety and to show our client there is hope for the future. Yellowstone provides a complete continuum of care to allow us to walk with our clients from their first day to the day they enter society as productive members. We also work to help those who are incarcerated to get the help they need upon release so they do not return to the streets and their old way of life. We are a non-profit 501(c) (3) corporation, (Tax ID NO. 33-0802499). Our one-year program begins with a first step. During their first 30-day stay, residents find at Yellowstone, food, shelter, a 12-step program, and a new direction. For the next 11 months, we help them build a new way of living, sober and clean. In our last 20 years of service over 15,000 women have walked though our doors.

The Margaret Home is a residential empowerment program that revives hope for mothers who maintain a limited or broken support network and who struggle with the often-invisible wounds of trauma. Dedicated to serving women through all stages of pregnancy and early motherhood, we provide healing and unconditional love in a comfortable home and caring communal environment that nurtures an empowered spirit and a healthy lifestyle. For each of our mothers, we create a self-directed action plan along with the structure and resources to enable the achievement of personal, educational and professional goals that can lead to independence for a woman and her family.

The Coalition for Responsible Community Development (CRCD) is a community development corporation serving the Vernon-Central neighborhood in South Los Angeles.  With a focus on youth & young adults, CRCD's mission is to better sustain, coordinate, and improve local planning, development, and community services that address the needs of low-income and working class residents and small businesses of South Los Angeles.  CRCD works with residents, businesses, community organizations, and civic leaders to foster a safe and economically vibrant community where young people have opportunities to thrive and contribute to neighborhood revitalization.  CRCD was founded in 2005 with assistance from the Los Angeles Conservation Corps.

Allies progressive services foster independence for children and adults with diverse needs by building bridges between challenge and opportunity. Allies, Inc. is an accredited nonprofit agency dedicated to providing housing, healthcare, meaningful employment, and recreational opportunities to people with special needs in the communities of their choice. Since 1999, we have been enriching the lives of people with special needs by promoting their greater independence with dignity, respect and understanding. We work one-on-one with families to design a comprehensive assistance plan that meets their specific needs and goals. Allies takes great pride in designing programs that are as individualized and unique as the people we serve.

Founded in 1974, Homeward Bound of Marin strives to end homelessness in our community with training, housing and hope. Our programs range from emergency shelter to permanent supportive housing for families and individuals, combined with services like counseling and job training that help residents build a sustainable, independent future. We also operate several social enterprise businesses, including production of Wagster Treats dog biscuits and The Key Room event venue, that offer hands-on work experience to students and graduates while earning revenue to support our programs. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Homeward Bound plans to open 50 new units of housing for veterans and people moving back into the workforce.

Our primary organizational goals and accompanying objectives are to build the capacity of families to become increasingly self-sufficient through comprehensive strategies that provide needed resources and opportunities for 1) high quality career planning and assessment services that encourage the selection of careers which are suitable to the individual and that pay a living wage; 2) education and training related to the chosen career and to life skills in general; 3) connections with potential employers and community members able to open doors to meaningful employment; 4) the removal of barriers to self-sufficiency; 5) facilitation of healthy family functioning; and 6) the empowerment of program participants to engage in self-advocacy. Project Self-Sufficiency also seeks to prevent the continuation of poverty from generation to generation through a series of interventions that support and educate families while modeling successful behaviors by adults for children.

United Way of Greater Los Angeles (UWGLA) is a leader in the movement to end poverty in Los Angeles County. Our work brings together individuals and institutions - private, public sector and voluntary - to create pathways out of poverty and improve the quality of life for all Angelenos. Through our 10-year plan, we focus on long-term solutions in three interconnected areas: * Ending homelessness by ensuring access to permanent housing with support services * Increasing high school graduation by improving academic achievement in middle school *  Enabling low-income families to achieve financial stability through job training, placement and asset-building supports  Ending poverty requires a multi-pronged approach. Through our work, we: * Provide expert research on our community's most pressing problems; *  Convene unique partnerships to develop solutions to the challenges we face; * Advocate for local, state and federal policy changes to alter the systems that keep people in poverty; *  Invest in 130 programs that get results and give people the support and tools they need to lift themselves out of poverty - for good.