Atlantic Street Center
Seattle, WA

Atlantic Street Center helps low-income families strengthen their roles as parents, wage earners and engaged community members through a wealth of programs and services, ranging from parents support groups and child care to citizenship classes for immigrant and refugee families.   ASC develops programs such its Grandparents and Kinship Care in Action, a support group for caregivers raising the children of relatives, as new needs arise in the community.

Georgia Justice Project
Atlanta, GA

Georgia Justice Project couples pro bono legal counsel with social services and even jobs in its landscaping company to help clients put their lives and their families on the right track for the long term. As a result of this holistic approach, GJP's recidivism rate is one-third the national average. Its legal services have also helped families keep housing vouchers, vital for them to find new homes when their public housing apartments were demolished.

Grace Hill Settlement House
St. Louis, MO

Grace Hill Settlement House lives by the credo, “neighbors helping neighbors” to strengthen families and communities.   Its innovative Member Organized Resource Exchange (MORE engages community members in designing courses for their own Neighborhood College and in operating a time-dollar exchange. Families can use "time dollars" to barter for other services, purchase health care at a Grace Hill Health Center or redeem for household items at a MORE store.