Our Mobility MentoringTM informed approach uses the following tools to give families the skills they need to navigate the difficult road out of poverty and empower families to achieve their goals.

• Giving kids a strong foundation for education
  • Unless someone intervenes, a child in South Toledo only has a 17% chance of escaping poverty in his lifetime (The Brookings Institute).
  • We believe that early intervention and education are the keys to reversing this statistic.
  • Our Mosaic Early Learning Center engages parents and children ages 6 weeks to 5 years old in high quality early learning experiences.

• The Bridge to Self Sufficiency: A visual illustration with clear, attainable steps to self-sufficiency.
• Goal setting: Parents are taught to set SMART goals for themselves during class. A trained mentor meets one-on-one to walk the family through the process of setting and achieving their goals.
• Coaching: Poverty’s chaos can cause significant deficits in a person’s ability to problem solve, control impulses, make decisions and achieve long term goals. These are the very skills needed to achieve independence. Interactions with a mentor provide opportunities for parents to practice these skills while problem solving in their own personal situations.
• Incentives: Research shows that offering even small incentives for goal achievement can have significant impact

• We are part of a bigger picture
  • Baby University provides the vital first steps of the Mosaic Family Zone’s pregnancy to purpose pipeline.
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  • For more information on Mosaic Family Zone click here:
    • beatpovertytoledo.com