Sioux Falls Thrive Inc

SF Thrive's core functions are to provide technical support & solution-finding facilitation to collaborative groups working in three specific areas of need: affordable housing, out-of-school time, & food security. In addition, sub-committees dubbed task teams or community collaboratives have augmented the overall strategy with specific work this year: (1) supporting Youth Development Collaborative volunteers as they launched an online portal that improves access to activities and learning opportunities for students in 6th-12th grades who are disconnected from school, family and community; (2) supporting Housing Action Team volunteers in their launch of a pilot Community Housing Education Program that brings critical renter and homebuyer classes into neighborhoods, breaking down the barriers of transportation, childcare, and food access for families in need of stable housing; (3) emphasizing the growing boundaries of food deserts and piloting the first Mobile Market in the state of South Dakota in an effort to provide improved access to affordable groceries in the most vulnerable neighborhoods; and (4) supporting the new Community Food Security Network in its pilot project to reduce food waste with local producers and develop a citywide collaboration for food salvage and delivery.