Two Toledo organizations that serve families in very different ways are joining forces on a new pilot program. Mom’s House of Toledo and Harbor announced their partnership establishing UPSTREAM on Wednesday, November 4, in an announcement distributed by EIN Presswire, and will unveil the program later this week in Toledo.
According to the announcement on EIN Presswire, the organizations describe their collaboration as without equal in the nation. The announcement says the program’s founders will detail what it calls the urgent demand behind UPSTREAM and the vision for its outcomes, and that the unveiling will celebrate the opportunity to serve two generations of participants at once.
That two-generation focus is central to Mom’s House. In its description in the EIN Presswire announcement, Mom’s House says it is dedicated to breaking the cycles of poverty and welfare, empowering at-risk single parents to achieve their educational goals while equipping them with the tools to become effective caregivers. On its own website, Mom’s House describes itself as a faith-based organization and a Gold Level childcare center helping low-income, single mothers graduate from high school, technical school and college.
Harbor brings the behavioral-health side of the partnership. According to Harbor, in information included in the EIN Presswire announcement and on harbor.org, Harbor is a not-for-profit mental health care agency that has served the community for more than 100 years. Harbor says it serves more than 30,000 youth, adults, seniors and families annually, providing mental health, telehealth, vocational, primary care and substance use disorder treatment services, and that it is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities and certified by the Ohio Department of Behavioral Health.
For Toledo families, the partnership pairs two kinds of support that often sit in separate places: help for a parent working toward a diploma or degree while raising a young child, and professional mental health and substance use treatment. The announcement says media at the unveiling will be able to capture the story of the first mother and child participants in the pilot, as well as the program design described by its leaders. It does not spell out eligibility rules or a public enrollment process.
The unveiling is set for Friday, November 6, at Laurie’s Place, 22 N. Westwood Ave. in Toledo, according to EIN Presswire. Media interviews are scheduled for 8:30 a.m., the program begins at 9:00 a.m. and the event concludes at 9:30 a.m. The announcement notes that this is a private event for UPSTREAM team members and civic leaders, with media invited to attend; it also notes that photography will be permitted of UPSTREAM participants from the shoulders down.
What happens next starts with that November 6 unveiling, where, according to EIN Presswire, UPSTREAM’s leadership will lay out the program’s vision and its position in meeting community need locally and nationally. More about the partners is at momshousetoledo.org and harbor.org. NewsForce247 will follow up as the organizations release more detail about how the pilot will work and who it will serve.