Crossway Community
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$100: 1 family consultation
to assess needs;
$1,000: after school
enrichment programs for 5 children for
a semester;
$5,000: Family Leadership
School scholarship for 1 family.
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Crossway Community is an innovative alternative to traditional domestic
violence centers, transitional housing programs, and homeless shelters. Young
mothers reshape their lives at the two-year Family Leadership School; young
children become independent learners at the Crossway Community Montessori
School; and families are woven together through recreational, cultural, and civic
events at the Neighborhood Learning Center. The core constituency is young, low-income, at-risk mothers and
their children, struggling to overcome homelessness, substance abuse, domestic violence, multigenerational
poverty, and social isolation. And they find what they need at Crossway: supportive housing, parent resources,
career counseling, a sense of community, and the self-sufficiency that education brings. And what about results?
Impressive. More than 78% of graduates are living without public assistance; nearly 60% have earned or are earning
college degrees; and 90% of children remain in school or have graduated. Winner of the Bridge Builders Award
from Partners for Livable Communities and the Metropolitan Life Enterprise Foundation Best Practice Award
(among others), Crossway is the key to family success. Your family can help open the door.
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