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First Chance seeks to provide hope, training, education, housing, financial and emotional support to Seattle's young people at-risk and formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated young women and men, allowing them to redirect their lives to become contributing members of our community.

MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE MMHLA IS A NONPARTISAN, 501C3 NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROMOTING THE MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDBEARING WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES BY ADVOCATING FOR UNIVERSAL EDUCATION, SCREENING, REFERRAL, AND TREATMENT OF POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION AND RELATED MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH MMH CHALLENGES.

The Center for Restorative Justice Works unites children, families, and communities separated by crime and the criminal justice system. CRJW calls the community to set aside pre-judgments about women and men in prison in order to work together to accompany families torn apart by the crime and the criminal justice system; create awareness about the negative impacts of incarceration on children and families, and advocate for programs and policies that restore relationships.

Sojourner House and Sojourner House MOMS (Mentoring, Opportunity, Motivation, Spirituality) provide compassionate, faith-based residential recovery services to mothers and children in the Pittsburgh area. They help addicted mothers learn to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty and chemical abuse while rebuilding damaged relationships with their children. Sojourner House believes women can shatter the chains of addiction and hopelessness when surrounded by what means most to them: their children.

Catholic Charities Bloomington is dedicated to the enhancement of the dignity and functioning of all persons in the community-at-large though education, social services delivery and advocacy. They are committed to working within their communities to remove barriers that reduce the quality of life for the poor or for persons marginalized by our society in any way. They are dedicated to providing help and creating hope to all in need in the communities. They serve residents of the counties of the Bloomington Deanery of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis: Brown, Lawrence, Morgan, Monroe, Orange and Owen Counties, as well as the residents in Greene, Jackson and Jennings with their counseling program and shelter for homeless women and children.

We are Connecticut's First Family Justice Center offering streamlined and free confidential crisis services to victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence and child abuse in one safe location. As an FJC we work closely with police, prosecutors, civil/legal service providers and and community-based advocates to provide a coordinated, collaborative response that saves lives and empowers victims to become self-sufficient survivors. In addition we provide community-based education and training to create the social change that is critical to break the cycle of violence. We help men, women and children and their family members--of any age, race, religion and gender, impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault and child abuse in the communities of Bridgeport, Easton, Fairfield, Monroe, Stratford and Trumbull.

The Latisha's House Foundation has a unique place in our community. It provides a safe, residential home for young women who are victims of human sex trafficking and sexual exploitation. Our overriding goal is to rescue these young survivors and restore their shattered lives to wholeness by providing:Long term housingEducational supportAssistance in recovery from substance abuseTrauma based counselingMedical interventionStructure, guidance, life-skills and job training In conjunction with more than 25 community partners, Latisha's House is committed to increasing the opportunities for these young victims to holistically build new lives with dignity, purpose, value, independence and free choice.Our second, but equally important, goal is to educate the public and our legislative leaders about the realities of human sex trafficking at all levels: local, state and national. (According to the F.B.I. this is one of the most lucrative and fastest growing crimes in our nation. It is NOT ""victimless"". It is pervasive at every level.)