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February 6, 2023
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Mother’s Outreach Network Secures Major Six-Figure Grant from The Kresge Foundation
The Kresge Foundation Grant Will Go Towards A New Pilot Program to Support Black Mothers Involved with the Child Welfare System
WASHINGTON, DC — Mother’s Outreach Network is proud to secure a major six-figure grant from the Kresge Foundation that will go towards supporting Black mothers in Washington, D.C. who have faced or are currently experiencing child welfare and family regulation system involvement and are striving to preserve their families.
“In the wealthiest country in the world, it is unacceptable that too many mothers are forced to make sacrifices when it comes to affording caring for their families,” said Melody Webb, CEO and Executive Director of Mothers Outreach Network. “Mother’s Outreach Network is committed to demonstrating that with expanded, largely cash and resource assistance, more mothers could avoid involvement with the child welfare system altogether. We are honored to receive the Kresge Foundation’s grant, which will support D.C. moms and create a meaningful impact in the D.C. community.”
“Kresge’s Human Services Program is focused on multigenerational family social and economic success, which includes an emphasis on inclusive economic rights. Mothers Outreach Network’s Mother Up project is one of several pilot programs we support that are informing and demonstrating system solutions that can be implemented across the country.” said Gena Lewis, Senior Fellow, Kresge Human Services.
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About Mothers Outreach Network
Mothers Outreach Network is a racial justice anti-poverty nonprofit advocacy organization that advances the inclusion and empowerment of Black mothers in the struggle for family preservation by transforming government income and child welfare laws, policies, and practices from punitive to empowering, through organizing, community lawyering, and policy advocacy.
About the Kresge Foundation
The Kresge Foundation is a private philanthropic foundation that works to expand opportunities in American cities through grantmaking and social investing in arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services and community development. The grant is funded by The Kresge Foundation’s Human Services Program, which seeks to advance social and economic mobility for families and communities with racial equity at its core.
