Cash+Community Works
Cash+Community Works was a 3 year Pilot Initiative Program and a neighborhood-based initiative that empowered under-resourced communities in NYC. Our goal was to help families make positive changes in their lives and community.
This was accomplished through peer-driven support, individualized goal planning, and direct cash investment. We believed families know what’s best for themselves, and our mission was to invest in their strengths, ingenuity, and collaborations.
Cash+Community Works: 2022 to 2025
Logistics, Benefits, and Eligibility
Families committed for a three-year period and met regularly with a neighborhood-based peer network and a Child Center family and community liaison.
Families were part of peer networks, based on their neighborhood, which met monthly to support each other and share resources.
C+C was 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 made Cash+Community Works possible.
Phyllis Backer Foundation
The Carson Family Charitable Trust
The Gottesman Foundation
Contact
Marie Mason
mariemason@childcenterny.org
917-579-0116
PLEASE NOTE: The three-year pilot initiative program has ended and we are not accepting new applications.