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About Families Flourish

Families Flourish is a three-year program that empowers low-wage families and their children to gain economic security. Our pilot families raised their incomes by 58%, or $17,000 on average, and improved their mental and physical health..

We equip families with tools they need to flourish, including career and financial coaching. Our partial rental support enables them to move to neighborhoods with quality housing, better schools and a safe environment for their children. Working together, Families Flourish families set and achieve their personal goals.

Two-bedroom apartments are located in the following communities and schools:

 

  • Bexley

  • Big Walnut

  • Blacklick

  • Columbus

  • Dublin

  • Gahanna

  • Grandview

  • Hilliard

  • Licking Heights

  • Lewis Center

  • New Albany

  • Olentangy Local

  • Reynoldsburg

  • Sunbury

  • Upper Arlington

  • Westerville

  • Worthington

 

We Provide:

  • 3 years of rental support

  • Workshops and programs monthly

  • Access to safe, quality & healthy housing in an apartment in a higher resourced community

  • The assistance of a life coach to support reaching financial, career, educational and wellness goals for the entire family

  • Assistance integrating children into a new school and the family into a new neighborhood

Applications are currently closed.

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OUR MISSION

Improve life outcomes for low wage families and their children by offering relocation opportunities that create access to: 

• Safe neighborhoods that offer healthy and stable housing that is close to everyday conveniences and job opportunities 

• Schools that are higher resourced and provide children with a better learning environment 

• Housing stability that reduces stress and supports improved health 

• Coaching that provides tools for being financially stable and transforming lives 

 
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Why Do We Need Families Flourish?

Research suggests that children who live in stable households in high opportunity neighborhoods for even a few years before reaching age 13 have positive long-term life outcomes.

  • 31% higher incomes in early adulthood

  • Girls are 26% less likely to be teen mothers and have a 70% lower risk of severe anxiety disorders.

  • 32% more likely to attend college

  • $302,000 higher lifetime earnings

Research also suggests that is it difficult for families to move from lower resourced to higher resourced neighborhoods in a sustained manner. The stress of managing moving decisions, household demands, and a lack of knowledge of suburban communities can prevent those in lower wage jobs from moving to suburban neighborhoods and establishing long-term residency. This is why the Families Flourish client-driven goal setting coaching model based on evidence-based practices will be a key to the success of this project.

 

OUR VISION

To create equal access opportunities to quality education, healthcare, jobs, and resources for all people.

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Our Model

The model includes both components for sustained resident success: a mechanism for contributing towards the cost of living in higher resourced neighborhoods and life coaching.