Bridges out of Poverty
"All dreams are within reach. All you have to do is keep moving towards them." - Viola Davis
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"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." - Albert Einstein
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"Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you're positive, good things happen." - Deep Roy
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"Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them."
- Madam C.J Walker
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Bridges out of Poverty

Bridges Out of Poverty is a national anti-poverty organization that helps people move toward upward mobility. The focus of Bridges is on socioeconomic class differences and helping people understand the importance of these factors and how they are related to their lives.

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Vision

Reducing the social costs of poverty, strengthening the workforce, and building a more prosperous and sustainable community are goals on which most communities agree. aha! Process’s Bridges Out of Poverty community support program provides a family of concepts, workshops, and products to help employers, community organizations, social service agencies, and individuals address and reduce poverty in a comprehensive way. Bridges brings people from all sectors and economic classes together to improve job retention rates, build resources, improve outcomes, and support those who are moving out of poverty.

One Body Collaboratives (OBC) is the managing organization for the community implementation, including creating a Community of Practice and implementing the Getting Ahead curriculum for individuals in poverty. One Body Collaboratives, through its Resource Coordination Center will provide ongoing support and resources for graduates of the Getting Ahead program.

Bridges out of Poverty

Bridges Out of Poverty is a national antipoverty organization that helps people move toward upward mobility. The focus of Bridges is on socioeconomic class differences, and helping people understand the importance of these factors and how they are related to their lives.

Bridges out of Poverty logo

Vision

Reducing the social costs of poverty, strengthening the workforce, and building a more prosperous and sustainable community are goals on which most communities agree. aha! Process’s Bridges Out of Poverty community support program provides a family of concepts, workshops, and products to help employers, community organizations, social service agencies, and individuals address and reduce poverty in a comprehensive way. Bridges brings people from all sectors and economic classes together to improve job retention rates, build resources, improve outcomes, and support those who are moving out of poverty.

One Body Collaboratives (OBC) is the managing organization for the community implementation, including creating a Community of Practice and implementing the Getting Ahead curriculum for individuals in poverty. One Body Collaboratives, through its Resource Coordination Center will provide ongoing support and resources for graduates of the Getting Ahead program.

Bridges Out of Poverty works with the appropriate resources in the community and informs their members and stakeholders about practical responses to these needs. Working together individuals and our whole community will thrive.

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For more Information Contact:
Human Services Manager
Mr. Carandus Brown
815-489-8551
cbrown@rockfordha.org

Bridges Out of Poverty works with the appropriate resources in the community and informs their members and stakeholders about practical responses to these needs. Working together individuals and our whole community will thrive.

 

For more Information Contact:
Human Services Manager
Mr. Carandus Brown
815-489-8551
cbrown@rockfordha.org

mother and son coloring together