Better Together receives $25,000 grant from The Women’s Giving Circle of Southwest Florida
Better Together, a nonprofit dedicated to families and children, has received a $25,000 grant from The Women’s Giving Circle of Southwest Florida, a fund of the Collier Community Foundation, to support the children and families it serves in Lee and Collier counties.
These funds will support Better Together’s Better Families program, which builds strong families and prevents the need for foster care by empowering parents with meaningful connections, work opportunities, mentoring and short-term care for children.
“Our mission centers around the power of collective giving to create meaningful, lasting change for women, children and families in our community,” said Lesley Hill, co-chair of The Women’s Giving Circle of Southwest Florida. “Better Together’s commitment to keeping families intact and building resilience from within is a testament to what’s possible when relationships come first. We are proud to support their work helping parents navigate hardship while building brighter futures for their families.”
Better Together works to prevent the need for foster care by building strong families and communities. When a parent needs support – due to homelessness, a medical emergency, or other crisis – Better Together volunteer host families provide a safe, loving home for the children short term, while staff and mentors empower the parents to secure employment, housing and other needs. Because job loss is at the root of most family crises, the Better Together workforce program provides opportunities for all job seekers through relational job fairs and volunteer job coaches.
“We are grateful to The Women’s Giving Circle of Southwest Florida for their generous support and belief in our mission,” said Megan Rose, CEO of Better Together. “With these funds, we’ll be able to deliver critical support to help more families overcome hardship and thrive.”
To date, the program has served more than 37,000 children and kept 98% of children served through mentoring and hosting out of foster care, while helping more than 50,000 job seekers connect with work opportunities through church-based job fairs across 25 states.
To learn more about Better Together and its mission, visit BetterTogetherUS.org.
ABOUT BETTER TOGETHER
Better Together is a nonprofit organization that helps parents going through a hard time keep their kids out of foster care, find work and address the root causes of their struggle so that they can reunite as a family with the tools and support system to thrive. A privately funded and professionally supported organization, Better Together is made up of volunteers who believe helping people help themselves is the best way to restore dignity and bring families together. Through the Better Families program, families find the resources and community they need to thrive. To date, the program has kept 98% of children served through mentoring and hosting out of foster care. The Better Jobs program was created to address the 76% of families that come to Better Together because of economic hardship tied to unemployment. In addition to community job fairs, the program offers job coaching, resources and encouragement through local church partners. For more information, visit BetterTogetherUS.org.
ABOUT WOMEN’S GIVING CIRCLE
The Women’s Giving Circle of Southwest Florida is an all-volunteer philanthropic organization dedicated to empowering women and their families through strategic grantmaking. By pooling resources, members amplify their impact, supporting programs that foster education, economic security, health, and well-being across Collier and Lee Counties. What started in 2012 with just 10 enthusiastic and like-minded women has grown exponentially, with members awarding over $1,000,000 in grants to date.
For more information about The Women’s Giving Circle of Southwest Florida and its initiatives, click here. Follow on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
