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To provide accessible, barrier-free services to empower people experiencing problems with homelessness, housing, hunger, and poverty; and to advocate for solutions to these problems.

Rebuilding Together Peninsula (RTP) brings volunteers and communities together to improve the homes and lives of our low-income neighbors in San Mateo County.We are a safe and healthy housing organization that believes community starts at home. Our focus provides critical repairs, accessibility modifications, and energy-efficient upgrades to low-income homes and community centers at no cost to service recipients. Our impact extends beyond the individuals served to revitalize and stabilize vulnerable neighborhoods through our three core programs: National Rebuilding Day, Safe at Home and Team Build. Since 1989, approximately 1,700 homeowners and 400 community centers have witnessed the places they call home transform before their very eyes with the help of 60,000 volunteers.

The Alliance is responsible for planning and coordinating homeless services and housing options for all of Cook County outside of Chicago.  Established in 1997 as the Task Force on Homelessness, the group changed its name to the Alliance to End Homelessness in Suburban Cook County, formally incorporated in 2004 and secured nonprofit status in 2005. The Alliance leads a diverse network of partners working together to develop, fund, and implement solutions to end homelessness.

“Guiding us in our mission to ease the hardship of children’s illness on families through programs that directly improve the health and wellbeing of children are our Core Values: Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence (I-CARE).” Ronald Mcdonald House Of Scranton enhances its mission by establishing and managing Ronald McDonald Family Room programs in area hospitals that provide a comfortable, homelike environment for our families.

Women’s Advocates walks with victim/survivors and our community to break the cycle of domestic violence.

Program activities are as follows: *Home construction, repair and rehabilitation for low-income persons living in deteriorating housing, *Vocational training for unskilled workers particularly in the construction trades, *Assistance in the development and start-up of small businesses by persons who lack the economic ability and expertise to do so without assistance, *Creation of job opportunities for unemployed persons, and mobilization of relief workers to areas of disaster and poverty.

Community Crisis Center, Inc. provides Safety, Hope, Advocacy, Respite and Education for those impacted by crisis and violence in Elgin, the Fox Valley Region and Illinois

The WellHouse rescues and seeks to restore victims of human trafficking.

Windsor House Adult Day Health (ADH) program became the geriatric program of New Communities Services, Inc. (NCS) in 1977, and currently operates two lively cost-effective adult day health centers. It continues with an excellent track record to keep adults where they want to be- in the familiar settings of their homes and communities and is committed to provide eligible residents opportunities to age in the least restrictive place, with services designed to maintain independence and enhance their sense of self-worth. Windsor House ADH also aims to diminish caregiver stress through respite, support groups, and educational materials.

At The Crossroads reaches out to homeless youth and young adults at their point of need, and works with them to build healthy and fulfilling lives. By bringing our services directly onto the streets, we cultivate long-term, unconditional relationships with young people who would otherwise be disconnected from consistent support. We empower our clients to accomplish their individual goals, build community, pursue their passions, and find their own paths to happiness and stability. We believe that there are no limits to what our clients can achieve, and that every homeless youth deserves the chance to build an outstanding life.

The mission of the Association for the Children of Regnier Haiti, Inc. (ACR) is to provide comprehensive services designed to meet the emotional, physical, educational and social needs of the children of Regnier in Cayes, Haiti, hence, promoting self-sufficiency.

Our mission is to restore purposeful living for women in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. Our vision is that participants will continue to grow in their sobriety, experience healing and renewal, and move towards independence, living lives of purpose and integrity.