Support for Children and Families
The Support for Children and Families Action Team focuses on making a difference in the history of generational poverty by identifying, working with, and supporting community partners and assisting families as they work for improved educational opportunities, emotional supports, housing, nutritional needs, health care services and other services offered to help families and children.
Our action team works to improve understanding and to advocate with community and state leaders and others for improved trauma informed care, additional social and emotional supports, secure housing and food, as well as improved educational and training opportunities for children and families. In addition, we encourage our Interfaith Alliance on Poverty supporters to volunteer in these areas when they can.
Opportunities for Volunteers
Work with partners who train educational mentors or advocates for families.
Become a mentor to a child through educational mentor opportunities.
Volunteer to support local organizations that directly benefit families and children including Path Home (formerly Portland Homeless Family Solutions), the SMART program (Start Making a Reader Today), SAGE (Senior Advocates for Generational Equity), Family Promise of Metro East, and the Mother and Child Education Center.
Advocate for policies to improve the lives of families and children.
Become a committee member and help plan and assess the efficacy of the work of the Interfaith alliance and partners.