Freedom Communities

Early education: we center our programmatic work around a two-generation approach combining parent and child interventions to build family strength and optimal child development. We partner with mothers in our moms moving forward program, linking each mother to holistic resources to support the educational success of her child(ren). Upon learning that the corridor was a "childcare desert" for ages 0-3, we partnered with a local leader and preschool provider responsible for generating the best readers in our neighborhood schools to expand her existing center on-site at our tuck opportunity hub. The center opened in january of 2022 with space for 77 children.

Housing & economic development: we are place-based, intentionally limiting our geographic service area to go deep and work holistically with families. With a tagline of "family-centered community transformation", we invest simultaneously in families and in infrastructure so that as families transform, their community does too. Beyond mmf, we continue to invest in the development of the freedom drive corridor to create an environment in which all families can thrive. We have leveraged cross-sector partnerships to create affordable rental and homeownership opportunities. In august 2024, we launched the freedom business collective, a small business hub providing affordable office space, networking events, and education/training to small business owners on charlotte's west side.