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Mission The Center’s mission is to respond to, reduce, and prevent domestic and sexual violence. This mission will be achieved through education, collaboration, and advocacy, with crisis and supportive services to victims and survivors. Values We value the right of every individual to a safe and just environment. We value community accountability and recognition to eliminate the root causes of violence. We value the inherent equality and worth of all individuals. We value the strength and power of individuals to make their own life choices. We value the integrity of our organizational practices. We value responding to community need with vision, creativity and courageous leadership.

Mercy in Action is a non-profit organization that focuses on the crisis in Maternal/Newborn/Child health care worldwide. We have been establishing and funding free birth centers for poor families in the Philippines since 1992, and to date more than 12,000 babies have been delivered free of charge for the poorest of the poor in Mercy In Action's Birth Centers, and literally tens of thousands of lives have been helped and healed in the medical outreaches. Mercy In Acton also teaches clinical internships, seminars and training retreats to prepare midwives, medics and nurses to meet the global shortage of skilled birth attendants, and to help primary health care workers prevent unnecessary child deaths.

CAIN is a neighborhood ministry that transforms lives and inspires hope by providing nutritious food, crisis assistance, resources, and compassion in a way that respects human dignity and builds a more vibrant community.

"Brotherhood In Action of Bethel, Inc. is a local, all volunteer, federally recognized non-profit organization. Since 1980 we have been providing food, rent and utilities assistance, as well as other forms of financial assistance, to those in need who reside in Connecticut."

Communities In Schools Pittsburgh-Allegheny County (CISPAC) is an affiliate of the nation's largest stay-in-school network. Nationally, Communities In Schools (CIS) is the nation's leading dropout prevention organization, and the only one proven to both decrease dropout rates and increase graduation rates. CIS emphasizes 5 Basics. We believe that every child needs and deserves: 1. A personal one-on-one relationship with a caring adult 2. A safe place to learn and grow 3. A healthy start and a healthy future 4. A marketable skill to use upon graduation 5. A chance to give back to peers and the community

Our mission is to walk alongside families, providing support-based programs that encourage self-sufficiency. In other words, we build relationships with families, treating them with our core values of Dignity and Accountability as they work to overcome barriers and improve their lives.

The mission of Communities In Schools of Houston (CIS) is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. CIS works in collaboration with the Aldine, Alief, Fort Bend, Houston, Spring, and Spring Branch Independent School Districts, as well as Texas Connections Academy, and Lone Star College System. Together, we touch the lives of more than 160,000 students and their families each year. CIS also partners with over 300 community agencies to bring local expertise and critical services directly to the school campus.

Since 1971. To empower women to attain safety, equality and justice, and build independent and self - sustaining lives for themselves and their child - ren and to pioneer collaborations with community partners to create an intolerance of gender - based violence, substance abuse and poverty

We believe that all human beings deserve to have stable housing and to live full and productive lives. The Women’s Daytime Drop-In Center empowers women and children to move from the streets to a home by providing a safe daytime refuge. We provide essential services such as hot meals, groceries and provide hygiene supplies, diapers, housing resource counseling, case management and domestic violence services, a variety of referral services, and transitional housing for five single parent families. We are a Housing Resource center for Berkeley, Albany and Emeryville families. We also connect our families and single unhoused women with other local and regional community resources whose services may fall out of our scope. All of our efforts broaden our client's sense of expanded community support. We are uplifted daily by the many spontaneous conversations among our clients as they wait in line at our hospitality window for our essential services. Community and resource connection is key to emerging from homelessness.