Agency Spotlight: PECKHAM
Why This Partnership Matters One of the most powerful outcomes of the 100 Families Initiative is what happens when relationships turn into immediate action. Our partnership with Peckham is a powerful example of what collaboration looks like when compassion meets urgency. At our Annual Alliance Award Meeting, several Peckham staff members attended—not just to observe, […]
February Alliance Meeting
At our February Alliance, leaders from across our community gathered not just to talk — but to align. Through honest conversation and powerful testimony, we were reminded that transformation begins when we show up together. Unity in service is not an idea; it is how families move from crisis to stability.
Housing Stability: Moving the Needle
When families enter the 100 Families Initiative, many are in housing crisis or at risk.
Today, crisis has been cut by more than half, and nearly half of families are now stable.
This is what coordinated support and perseverance can achieve.
Housing Stabilization Update: Family of Seven Successfully Housed
A single parent with six children overcame housing instability and secured permanent housing through coordinated support and persistent advocacy. Today, the family is safely housed and moving toward stability.
AGENCY SPOTLIGHT: PECKHAM
When Listening Turns Into Life-Changing Action Why This Partnership Matters One of the most powerful outcomes of the 100 Families Initiative is what happens when relationships turn into immediate action. Our partnership with Peckham is a powerful example of what collaboration looks like when compassion meets urgency. At our Annual Alliance Award Meeting, several Peckham […]
Community Alliance Highlights
Despite winter weather, partners from across Ingham County gathered for the first 100 Families Community Alliance Meeting of the year—united by a shared commitment to helping families move from crisis to stability. Through honest table discussions, agencies identified housing, transportation, system complexity, and access to care as the most pressing challenges facing families today. The conversation also highlighted the power of collaboration, trust, and coordinated action to ensure families are not navigating crisis alone.
When an Empty House Became a Home
When a single mother and her two young children moved into their first home, joy quickly turned into action. What began as an empty house was transformed into a home through the generosity of women who showed up with love, gifts, and joyful hearts.
When Systems Align, Families Move Forward
Families in crisis rarely face just one challenge. Through coordinated, cross-sector collaboration, the 100 Families Initiative brings agencies together around shared goals—reducing gaps, strengthening follow-through, and helping families move from crisis to stability. Since launch, one in four families served has achieved measurable, lasting progress.
From Housing Uncertainty to Stability: A Family’s Journey Home
This outcome reflects the heart of the 100 Families Initiative: walking alongside families as they navigate complex systems and ensuring they are not left to do it alone. When agencies work together and families remain engaged, lasting stability becomes achievable.
Agency Spotlight: Ripple Effect Participatory Defense
February’s theme of unity is reflected in the partnership between the 100 Families Initiative and Ripple Effect Participatory Defense. By walking alongside individuals impacted by the criminal legal system, this collaboration ensures people are supported through complex systems with dignity, coordinated care, and hope—so no one is left to navigate these challenges alone.