Stories

In November 2015, after years of research and developing and testing curriculum, AHEAD and its partners, The New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and Passumpsic Savings Bank, launched the Centsible Families initiative.

How can you cost-effectively educate residents who live across a large area? The executive director of this Oregon nonprofit tells how he has partnered with local media to solve the problem.

CommonBond used a technical assistance grant from NeighborWorks to establish a Compliance Internship Program that trains individuals to complete resident interviews, review housing applications and complete eligibility certifications.

Calvin and Caria Hawkins, owners of Abundant Harvest Farm, are partners in marriage and in business. They have been farming as a business in Glen Saint Mary, Florida, since 2014. The 38-acre sustainable farm in rural north Florida grows organic vegetables, fruit and pecans. Calvin, a veteran, and Caria take their products from seed to sale.

This South Bend, Indiana, woman makes is a point to identify who is vulnerable in her community and how to help them. If others aren't doing it, do it yourself, she says!

While most services that support individuals released from prison start when they return to their community, Robert Corley, executive director of NeighborWorks Southern Mass, decided to start much earlier. Corley recently visited a local prison to teach a two-session class on how to buy a house—to a very engaged audience.

Monica attended the CityLIFT launch event in San Bernadino, and was the first customer to reserve grant funds through the program.

Armando is a former NeighborWorks AmeriCorps VISTA alumnus from Silver Spring, Maryland. He is graduate from Temple University with a Bachelor of Arts in geography and urban studies and he will be pursuing his master's degree in Urban Planning at Harvard University this fall.

Anna Jen is a former NeighborWorks AmeriCorps VISTA alumna from Fresno, California who served in Roseburg, Oregon at NeighborWorks Umpqua from 2012-2013. She graduated from Whitworth University with a B.A. in International Business and will be pursuing her M.A degree in Sustainable International Development at the Heller School at Brandeis University this fall.

Sometimes a name change is not just a cosmetic modification, but a way to be more inclusive in communicating who you serve. Read about how this strategy worked for a housing organization focused on Native Americans.