Crittenton Women’s Union and ResearchILD Receive Grants
massnonprofit.org
February 09, 2012
February 9, 2012 — Crittenton Women’s Union, a Boston nonprofit dedicated to helping low-income women attain economic self-sufficiency, and ResearchILD, a Lexington nonprofit focused on transforming the lives of students with learning and attention difficulties, recently were awarded grants to support core programs.
Crittenton Women’s Union (CWU) has received a two-year grant of $200,000 from the Mabel Louise Riley Foundation to support its economic mobility program, Career Family Opportunity.
“Career Family Opportunity is a pilot program designed to move single-parent low-income families to full economic self-sufficiency within five years,” said Elisabeth D. Babcock, CWU president/CEO. “It has shown increasingly impressive results since its launch in 2009. This generous award will enable even more families to benefit from our unique program model.”
The grant, disbursed in two installments of $100,000 over two years, will support the program’s South Boston site, which serves 25 families. The Career Family Opportunity (CFO) program also serves 20 families in Cambridge, in partnership with the Cambridge Housing Authority.
CFO helps participants achieve, within five years, the program two major goals – a job that pays enough to support a family and $10,000 in savings. To help, CWU provides mentors who work with program participants to develop personalized action plans, connect to resources, offer referrals to professional help, provide financial incentives, and facilitate group support.
