GETTING AHEAD

A WORK GROUP TO EMPOWER AND ENGAGE FAMILIES IN POVERTY

Are you living from crisis to crisis?

Take the first step toward the life you want!

Earn $595 while you learn!

Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin’-By-World is a catalyst for change and provides the tools to empower those who are hopeless to write their own future story.

Cori Favor, Leader for Change, GA Graduate, and co-facilitator

Getting Ahead prepares our neighbors from poverty to become Leaders for Change. They are the subject matter expert when it comes to poverty. They know what it’s about. Their investigations during Getting Ahead help them to have a better understanding of poverty’s effects on their lives and in our community. This innovative program has been used throughout the US and in other countries to empower folks in generational and situational poverty to move into stability and self-sustainability.

What makes this work group so unique is that it values the experiences of its participants and hires them as investigators looking into economic class and poverty in our community. Based on a theory of change that has proven to be effective in studies and in the experience of thousands of individuals, this 17-session work group provides an opportunity to learn and develop skills needed to rise out of poverty. 

Our Getting Ahead Investigators work through learning experiences and investigations that prepare the participant to develop an 18-month individualized plan. It’s their plan, based on their future story and goals. Learning takes place through discussions and shared investigations without one person being a teacher. The facilitation process brings out the wisdom of the group and there’s much wisdom in our participants. For more information about Getting Ahead Contact Us.