Supporting Black Home-Insecure Mothers Summit

About the Summit

On May 4, 2022, eight non-profit organizations with missions to address housing insecurity, food insecurity, careers services, youth educational programs connected with Black home-insecure mothers navigating their children’s education, employment, and housing insecurity at Freedom Communities in Charlotte, NC.

Participating Organizations

  • Charlotte Works
  • DreamKey Partners
  • Families Forward Charlotte
  • Freedom School Partners
  • Gracious Hands Housing
  • Project Bolt
  • The Coalition for Cultural Compassion
  • The Salvation Army Center of Hope

We thank the the UNC Charlotte Women + Girls Research Initiative and the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute and the Center for the Study of the New South, through UNC Charlotte’s Program in Interdisciplinary Studies for funding the Supporting Black Home-Insecure Mothers Summit.

Community Partner Resource List

For the greater project, we gathered and combined community efforts across Charlotte centering on Black women’s housing and educational conditions to investigate what is needed to stabilize their situations and build options for social mobility

Here is a list of community resources. Click on the link for their webpage.

Housing & Homeownership

CrossRoads Corporation - (704) 365-3555
LISC Charlotte - (980) 224-2589
Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte - (980) 236-0979
Renaissance West Community Initiative - (704) 335-8227
Charlotte Family Housing - (704) 335-5488
YWCA Central Carolinas - (704) 525-5770
Community Link - (704) 943-9490
Flowers Ministries Inc. - (704) 248-8889
Home Again Foundation Inc. - (704) 241-2003
Furnish For Good - (704) 445-6838
Supportive Housing Communities - (704) 248-3793
A Giving Heart Project - (980) 585-6197
My Sister's House - (704) 200-2807
Healing Vine Harbor - (704) 561-1128
The Harvest Center - (704) 335-1616
Queen City Unity - (704) 604-5563
RunningWorks - (980) 500-8786
To Serve With Love Ministries, Inc. - (704) 263-4990
Lotus Campaign - (704) 324-3330
Leah's Hopes and Dreams - (919) 986-5191
Inlivian - (704) 336-5183
Project Bolt - (704) 817-8392
Gracious Hands Housing - (704) 962-6147
The Salvation Army Center of Hope - (704) 716-ARMY(2769)
DreamKey Partners - (704) 342-0933

Food

Bulb Gallery - (980) 224-3972
Feeding Charlotte - (704) 287-0343
Feed NC - (704) 660-9010
The Coalition for Cultural Compassion - (614) 580-7167

Direct Relief & Resources

Aid First, Inc. - (980) 771-9726
Carolyns Grace, Inc. - (704) 763-1086
Hope Vibes - (980) 292-4522
Crisis Assistance Ministry - (704) 371-3001
Foundation for Girls - (704) 231-0040
Good Friends Charlotte - (704) 523-1222
Families Forward Charlotte - (704) 659-1833

Mentoring & Youth K-12 Education

Renewed Inspiration - (980) 200-3196
Smart Start of Mecklenburg County - (704) 377-6588
Learning Help Centers of Charlotte - (980) 297-5114
Urban League of Central Carolinas - (704) 373-2256
Center360 - (704) 765-0455
Project One - (980) 985-0176
Raise A Child of the Carolinas - (984) 212-6283
Alliance Center for Education - (704) 333-0279
Carolina Youth Coalition - (980) 215-0414
Empoherment - (980) 288-4371
Freedom School Partners - (704) 371-4922
Charlotte Works - (980) 201-3256

Health & Maternity

Care Ring - (704) 375-0172
Crittenton - (704) 372-4663
Florence Crittenton - (704) 372-4663