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Benevolence & Financial Assistance
Your church or nonprofit has most likely received calls from individuals asking for help with electric bills, car payments, or groceries. Many organizations receive requests for financial assistance consistently, but what is the best way to respond?
Case Management & Goal Setting
Include elements of exchange by implementing them in your case management. Simply setting goals can help some transition from dependency to a flourishing life.
Childcare Solutions
Families in poverty often find that quality childcare is out of reach, causing them to use services fraught with worrisome conditions and limited availability. This MAP presents innovative alternatives to sub-par care that you can craft for your community.
Christmas Market
A Christmas Market, sometimes called “Affordable Christmas,” focuses on dignity and relationship— shoppers choose and pay for highly-discounted items in a joyful, comfortable environment that fosters community.
Developmental Classes
Construct classes that will equip clients with the skills they need to succeed. Target the root causes of poverty, build relationships with those who want to exit poverty, and pave the way for individuals to regain dignity through earned success.
Earn-it Project
Informal employment through an “earn-it” project allows individuals to use their gifts and skills to provide for their family’s basic needs. Earn-it models can take a variety of forms, from bracelet-making to mattress-recycling to thrift stores.
Emergency Shelter
Programs that emphasize healthy relationships and mutual exchange foster restoration for those experiencing homelessness. When emergency shelters incorporate these elements, they become the critical first step toward traditional or permanent supportive housing.
Engaging the Unsheltered Homeless
Unpack how to address the complex needs of the unsheltered homeless, with both the heart and mind for the poor. This MAP helps churches and nonprofits to reclaim their essential role in this ministry space.
Food Co-op
A food co-op is a membership-based group where participants contribute their own resources toward the food they receive. Co-ops focus on dignity and relationships – essential for every human being, yet often left out when helping those in poverty.
Mentoring
Based on mutual respect and responsibility, an effective mentoring program can transform lives. From one on one to small groups – as a stand alone program, or as part of another plan, relationship building is the key to flourishing.
Residential Life Transformation
A residential life transformation (RLT) program may be a necessary part of a person’s journey toward self-sufficiency. This MAP focuses on highly structured programs that help individuals thrive on their path out of poverty.
Transitional Housing
Many times, people on the path out of poverty find that they need a season of transition. This MAP guides toward approaches that can help provide the community, accountability, and financial margin needed during this time of growth.
Work Shuttle Transportation
Transportation to work is a top barrier to self sufficiency for many people in poverty. Designed to address this need, this MAP will help you start a work shuttle by sharing how real organizations implement their programs, so that you can craft one for your own context.
Vehicle Ownership and Maintenance
Securing a job, skills training, and buying food and clothing are all part of the independence journey. This MAP will help you offer solutions for those seeking to own their own transportation, helping them move toward the destination of a flourishing life.
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