United Way of Forsyth County, Inc.

Programmatic support to fund the poverty mapping component of an initiative called the Family Independence Initiative (FII). The FII will develop an action plan by mapping all current initiatives addressing poverty in the community, both by location and programmatic focus, while also engaging those in poverty to provide expertise in the challenges and most effective methods of removing obstacles to economic mobility. Trust support will be primarily limited to the poverty mapping aspect of the request.

Grant
May 2018
Responsive
$33,000

Family Services, Inc.

Programmatic support to complete funding previously requested and granted in the Trust’s spring 2017 grant cycle. This funding was for the continued support of Family Service's Forsyth County School Readiness Project (FCSRP) which was funded as a part of the Trust's early childhood development initiative, Great Expectations. The FCSRP serves families that qualify for Head Start which is for children from financially-disadvantaged families and mostly low-income families of color. The project helps increase self-regulation and executive function in three- and four-year-old children by providing classroom management training and coaching to teachers.

Grant
May 2018
Great Expectations
$27,861