At the heart of every family is a built-in powerful force, fighting against generational cycles of crime, poverty, and abuse - and for better health and more vibrant communities.
Mothers
How We Work
Our holistic program is relationship-based and participant-driven.
We offer professional in-home counseling and education, with wraparound programs and services that holistically address the unique challenges of at-risk mothers and their families.
Our Goals
We Are
Increasing Prenatal & Infant Health
Lowering Infant & Maternal Mortality Rates
Breaking Cycles of Poverty & Abuse
Decreasing Dependence on Social Systems
Building Stronger & Safer Communities
“Protecting young children from adversity is a promising, science-based strategy to address many of the most persistent and costly problems facing contemporary society, including limited educational achievement, diminished economic productivity, criminality, and disparities in health...”
The science is catching up, with what we’ve been saying for decades.
Families need to come first.
New York Times | Nicholas Kristof
A Poverty Solution That Starts With A Hug
PERHAPS the most widespread peril children face isn’t guns, swimming pools or speeding cars. Rather, scientists are suggesting that it may be “toxic stress” early in life, or even before birth.
Read the article: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/opinion/sunday/kristof-a-poverty-solution-that-starts-with-a-hug.html
USA Today | Jayne O’Donnell
'Toxic stress' on children can harm their lifelong learning, mental and physical health
The more ACEs a person suffers as a child – divorce, domestic violence, family members with addiction – the higher the risk of problems later in learning, mental and physical health, even early death.
Read the article: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/10/05/toxic-stress-adverse-childhood-experiences-aces-lifelong-mental-physical-health/1358220002/
American Academy Of Pediatrics
The Lifelong Effects Of Early Childhood Adversity
Although debates about early childhood policy focus almost entirely on educational objectives, science indicates that sound investments in interventions that reduce adversity are also likely to strengthen the foundations of physical and mental health, which would generate even larger returns to all of society.
Read the article: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/129/1/e232
A Strong Nation Starts With Strong Mothers
“All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.”
“All that I am or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”
“If every mom in the world knew how awesome they were, every problem in the world would be fixed.”
Transform lives with us.
One mom. One baby.
One step at a time.
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.”
