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Family Within Us Inc

No Fathers left behind

Decatur, GA   |  https://familywithinus.org/

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Mission

Building strong black families. Family Within Us Inc mission is to help young adults with children build a strong family foundation regardless of marital status with no fathers left behind.

Ruling year info

2021

Principal Officer

Rahab Foster Williams

Main address

3876 Austin Cir Unit 23

Decatur, GA 30032 USA

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EIN

87-1583570

NTEE code info

Family Services (P40)

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N.

Communication

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Gender and racial equality, bias and stigma about the black father and the back family structure overall. We are shaping the way resources are been given to the African American family, we encounter many issueswhere the resources are solely for the mother and the children but leaving the black father behind, these had caused a rupture in the African American family by removing the black father out of the home, in order word they tell the mothers that the benefits are just for her and the children not for the male directing this mother in desperate need to file child support on theses fathers who are present and in the child lives, forcing the black man to leave his family in order for them to be stable, ones the black father leaves the home he is been categorize as an inadequate individual and not able to meet the social standards that sadly has been implemented by a group of an independent woman who believes the black men lack inadequacy and unresponsible to care for his family.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

No Father left behind

Family Within Us (FWU) is a Decatur-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to build strong family foundations with no fathers left behind. FWU supports young parents regardless of marital status as long as both parents want to be in the children's lives. We are committed to helping families provide for their children, rebuild a strong family foundation, and recover together. Accordingly, we are requesting $100-$5000 in donations to fund Project Lift, an exciting new program to train and deploy advocates to lead male heads of households on how to obtain temporary living resources, further their education, gain employment, and most importantly maintain employment in order to provide for their families.

A growing body of research is revealing systemic factors preventing fathers from being a source of support to their families. For many, the crisis of American father figures displaced from their children’s lives has become a matter of life or death.

Population(s) Served
Ethnic and racial groups
People with disabilities
Families
Non-adult children
Parents

Where we work

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Number of free participants on field trips

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Children and youth, Adults, Ethnic and racial groups, Families, Parents

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

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Number of job skills training courses/workshops conducted

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Related Program

No Father left behind

Type of Metric

Input - describing resources we use

Direction of Success

Holding steady

Context Notes

Partnership with : the Heart Association GA Goodwill Industries North GA & Make the connection GA

Goals & Strategy

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

Another goal is to build an apartment community for young adults with children regardless of the parent’s marital status. The apartment community will be 11 acres and include:
• an art gallery used as a community safe place that displays African American hairstyles,
• a greenhouse to teach agriculture and technology to the community,
• grocery and retail stores,
• a community recreational and educational center for after-school programs and educational and financial planning workshops with a three to five-year stability living plan.

Family within Us is dedicated in educating, facilitating, advocating, and providing living resources for the black father to be self-sufficient in order to protect and provided for their families.

To meet our organization's goal we have a great inspiring leader, local resources and partnerships. We would have more than enough resources to share with the community furthermore, we have access to grants to hired volunteers and secure an administration staff who are trained on speed to share our missions; With such collaboration ,We are able to guarantee customer focus and innovation.

We are in process to purchase a residential home as we partner with Sleepout.org to help the high school and college students who are homeless twice a month. Covenant House empowers young people to overcome homelessness and trafficking by providing them with safe housing, food and clothing, and relentless support. which includes job training, education opportunities, legal aid, health care, and mental health counseling as well as birthday parties, movie nights, and community meetings. We are now in the search for a commercial building for our food pantry and clothing distribution center. This way we can continue to make a connection with the community we served and put the funding to use. As of today, we had obtained our government funding certification for the fiscal year (FY) 2022 Community Development & Financial Institutions Program (CDFI Program) and Native American CDFI Assistance Program (NACA Program) and we are going to utilize those funds for our community development project. We had reach a total of 6,000 households since 2021. Currently Serving 30-50 families per month. We are operating as a virtual resource center with dropped-off and delivery services.
What's Next?
Implementation of the jail release program.
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In partnership with Lethal Weapon Ministery, and in support of the Innocence Project we are involved in what happens next to the released inmate who is a father after being placed back into society and those who had been wrongly incarcerated.

How we listen

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.

done We shared information about our current feedback practices.

  • How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?

    To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve

  • Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?

    We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response

  • What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?

    It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection

Financials

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Operations

The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.

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Family Within Us Inc

Board of directors
as of 11/23/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Janet Bentley

Dancing With Janet

Term: 2022 - 2025

Board leadership practices

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Not applicable
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Not applicable
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Not applicable
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Not applicable

Organizational demographics

SOURCE: Self-reported; last updated 7/2/2023
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Leadership

The organization's leader identifies as:

Race & ethnicity
Multi-Racial/Multi-Ethnic (2+ races/ethnicities)
Gender identity
Female, Not transgender (cisgender)
Sexual orientation
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, or other sexual orientations in the LGBTQIA+ community

Race & ethnicity

Gender identity

 

Sexual orientation

Disability

We do not display disability information for organizations with fewer than 15 staff.

Equity strategies

Last updated: 07/02/2023

GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more

Data
  • We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
Policies and processes
  • We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
  • We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
  • We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
  • We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
  • We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.