Reduce the number of percentage of people living in poverty. Currently in Smith and Cherokee Counties. Expanding to Anderson and Rusk Counties.

collective action - engaging cross-sector organizations, researching community needs, agreeing on problems and solutions, communicating effectively, and measuring results.

Improving understanding of poverty - reduce the stigma associated with poverty, develop relationships of mutual respect, together we can create a better future for all.

Improving access to information - developed an online social services directory where partners maintain accurate data in a language that those they serve will understand. Including a Help Form to identify areas of crisis and what organizations can help. Ensuring that social services providers ask all the questions needed to serve the whole person, not just provide the service that their organization provides.

Effective engagement through communication in an environment of trust and transparency. Design and implementation of a needs assessment that receives institutional review board approval from the University of Texas at Tyler. Coordinating regular monthly meetings of Councils in Education, Employment, Healthcare, Housing, and Transportation.

Certified trainers in aha! Process Bridges Out of Poverty & Getting Ahead as well as the Missouri Community Action Poverty Simulation.

Designed, implemented and manage 903HELP.org with technical support from Simon Solutions, home of Charity Tracker.

Continued engagement and growth in the number of cross-sector organizations: non-profits, congregations, government, and business. New programs in areas identified by the community needs assessment. New collaborative efforts among nonprofits who traditionally worked in silos. Expansion of Human Needs Networks into additional counties. Currently in Smith and Cherokee Counties with planned expansion into Anderson and Rusk Counties.

Increased participation and requests for Bridges Out of Poverty, Getting Ahead, and Poverty Simulations. The inclusion of our training programs in the curriculum of schools: K-12, College, University, and Medical School. Expansion of poverty education courses into surrounding counties. Currently in Smith and Cherokee County with planned expansion into Anderson and Rusk Counties.

Continued engagement and growth in the number of 903HELP partner agencies and users of the online social services directory. Expansion of 903HELP into surrounding counties. Currently in Smith and Cherokee Counties with planned expansion to Anderson and Rusk Counties.

A reduction in the number and percentage of people living in poverty. Will continue looking at population level poverty numbers from the US Census Bureau

Started the summer of 2012 with 23 organizations. Incorporated into a 501c3 in December of 2014. Currently, have more than 80 organizations engaged in our Human Needs Network.

We've completed two tri-annual comprehensive community needs assessments with institutional review board approval. The data provided the top needs and goals for councils in Education, Employment, Healthcare, Housing, and Transportation.

We've provided training for understanding poverty to non-profit staff, volunteers, and board members, schools, universities, medical schools, businesses, juvenile parole offices, and more. We continue to receive requests for training throughout our community and from neighboring Texas Counties.

We designed and implemented a social services directory that meets the needs of social services providers and the population at large. The directory currently covers two counties in Texas. We plan on expanding to two additional Counties and are receiving requests for support from other cities, including some out of the state of Texas.

We believe we've designed a model that can be replicated. Collective action, including training to understand poverty, and a social services resources directory come together to effect collective impact. We will continue to replicate the process as long as it continues to help and as long as we have the resources available to help all those willing to work together to prevent, reduce, and eliminate poverty.