Cash+Community Works
Cash+Community Works is a neighborhood-based initiative empowering under-resourced communities in NYC. Our goal is to help families make positive changes in their lives and community.
This is accomplished through peer-driven support, individualized goal planning, and direct cash investment. We believe families know what’s best for themselves, and our mission is to invest in their strengths, ingenuity, and collaborations.
Cash + Community Works - 2022 to 2025
Logistics
How It Works:
Families commit for a three-year period and meet regularly with a neighborhood-based peer network and a Child Center family and community liaison.
Families in C+C Benefit From:
Families are part of peer networks, based on their neighborhood, which meet monthly to support each other and share resources.
Eligibility:
C+C is for low-income families.
The People Behind the Program
Watch the story of a group of mothers who joined the same cohort within this groundbreaking pilot initiative. Within two years, they successfully opened a daycare franchise, designed by and for local families. These moms have written a new chapter with their passion and sense of social responsibility. In their own words: "We aspire to build the best child care. We want to help the community the way Cash+Community Works helped us."
Partners & Funders
The Child Center of NY is deeply grateful for the generous and steadfast supporters and partners who make Cash+Community Works possible.
Phyllis Backer Foundation
Contact
Marie Mason
mariemason@childcenterny.org
917-579-0116