The Foundation for a Healthy High Point is proud to support these transformative organizations and their efforts to create a healthier community.
Advocacy and Education for Stronger Food Systems
ASG will lead a series of advocacy efforts aimed at increasing access to food and building capacity for advocacy in community. Activities include exploring creative solutions for addressing food deserts, expanding food recovery in local schools and businesses, food recovery ride-alongs, and meetings to educate elected leaders about food insecurity.
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Family Program Expansion
Funding provides continued support for the Be Strong Families Parent Cafés, a peer-to-peer mentoring and parent training program, allowing ADS to deepen the training for parent/caregiver facilitators and expand Café locations. ADS of Guilford offers substance use prevention and treatment services.
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Capacity Building & Expansion Efforts
Funding provides capacity building support for significant expansion in the Washington Street neighborhood, including two new staff positions enabling the organization to focus on community development and strategic initiatives. D-UP provides various wraparound services and programs to youth and families to promote mental and physical health, support education, and develop essential life skills.
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Case Management Services in High Point
FaithAction International works to advance the rights, resources, and well-being of individuals and families who are directly impacted by their immigrant and refugee experiences. Funding enables FaithAction International to maintain a physical presence in High Point and expand their case management services locally. Funding also supports advocacy, education, relationship development, and elevating the lived experiences of immigrant communities in High Point.
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Expanding the Careers on the Outside Program to High Point
Funding supports expansion of the Careers on the Outside program, providing workforce development and reentry services for justice-involved individuals, by adding a career navigator in High Point.
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Collective Impact
GHPFA is a critical backbone organization focused on building and strengthening the capacity of the local food system. Funding provides general operating support for the organization during leadership transition and programmatic activities related to the Greater Guilford Food Finder App and distribution of the Community Resource Guide.
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Building Infrastructure for Volunteerism
The Guilford Nonprofit Consortium and HandsOn NWNC are partnering to address a gap in the sector related to volunteerism and building critical infrastructure to source, train, and deploy volunteer talent within Greater High Point nonprofit organizations. The partnership will launch the “GetConnected” volunteer management platform and recruit/train nonprofits and prospective volunteers to use the new site.
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Capacity Building
Funding strengthens operational capacity, launches youth-led storytelling programs, and expands access to the Voices on Washington Street initiative. M3 operates the Community Writing Center in partnership with HPU. It is developing a new student-run open mic series and a student-run podcast as part of Voices on Washington Street. Funding also supports student transportation.
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Capacity Building
Funding supports the transition from a volunteer-led church-supported effort into a fully staffed, community-anchored organization providing multi-generational programs that span academic support, parenting education, and elder wellness. Programs include: Greater Success Study Hall, Parent Success Academy, and a Senior Day Program.
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Building Career Pathways for Refugee and Immigrant Youth
Funding allows World Relief to pilot a new program in support of refugee and immigrant youth and young adults, utilizing a cohort-based and individualized coaching model to support language proficiency, resume development, certification exploration, employer networking and job placement opportunities.
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