The DEJOY\WOS Family Foundation supports the Family Success Center initiative of the United Way of Greater Greensboro (UWGG).
In March 2015, United Way of Greater Greensboro (UWGG) launched the pilot of the first Family Success Center with Guilford Child Development (GCD) as the lead partner. GCD serves as the trusted leader and provider of Head Start and Early Head Start services for 1,200 children and their families living in poverty across Guilford County. Twenty percent of adults and over twenty-five percent of children in Greensboro live in poverty, while the national average is 15.5%.
The Family Success Center was established on a foundation of national best practices. The program uses the Integrated Service Delivery (ISD) approach to meet the complex needs of families challenged by poverty.
The inaugural Family Success Center served 104 families through partnerships with 28 organizations providing comprehensive services at a single location. Family Success Center members demonstrated higher rates of growth on 26 of 29 indicators of self-sufficiency and stability as compared to a demographically similar comparison group.
