Every Family Deserves a Safe Home
You can play a role in ending family homelessness for good.
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One Family is a nonprofit organization working to prevent family homelessness and break the cycle of family poverty through empowering programs and systemic change.
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Our programs provide college scholarships, career coaching, and financial education to parents experiencing homelessness or poverty across Massachusetts.
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Through your generous support of One Family, you can uplift families in need, and help them build brighter futures for their children.
Mission: Prevent Family Homelessness
​Families need stable income in order to afford stable housing.
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This philosophy might seem obvious. But unfortunately, families with low incomes face countless barriers on the road to college graduation, quality jobs, and income stability.
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This is where One Family comes in.
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One Family empowers parents with low incomes to graduate from college, access great career paths, and leave poverty and homelessness behind for good. This includes:
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College scholarships
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Academic & career coaching
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Financial education
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Advocacy for statewide anti-poverty policies
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And more!
What Is The Impact?
One Family's programs make a real and lasting difference for families in need:​
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$21,312 average salary increase for program participants with new jobs
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One Family Scholars graduate college at a rate 9 times higher than the national average for other single mothers (74% vs. 8%)
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95% of alumni have stable housing - proving that education and career access really make a difference.
How Can I Help?
When you become a One Family supporter, your generous gift will directly support families in need across Massachusetts. This can include:
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Covering a student-parent's tuition bill, bringing them one step closer to college graduation
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Providing one-on-one career coaching, resume support, and job interview training
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Delivering financial education workshops on topics such as debt, credit scores, budgeting, and homeownership
