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.
Save the Date: January Alliance Meeting
Unity in Action: Building Stability Together
How to Refer a Family to the
100 Families Initiative
Because No Family Should Navigate Crisis Alone
Partner Spotlight: Eastside Community Action Center
A Trusted Partner in Stability, Dignity, and Community Transformation
A Mother Who Refused to Give Up
A 100 Families Initiative Success Story