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BUILD’s Home Coming: A New Youth and Community Hub in Austin
Mar 6, 2023

BUILD’s Home Coming: A New Youth and Community Hub in Austin

CFF began a partnership with BUILD in 2020, and they quickly became integral to our place-based grantmaking focused on the Austin neighborhood. The culture of collaboration at BUILD runs deep. Staff are so adept at partnering with ...

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Right Where She Needs to Be
Courtesy of WIND
Jan 6, 2023

Right Where She Needs to Be

One of our more recent grantee partners is an organization called Women Initiating New Directions, or WIND. WIND works with women who are transitioning from justice involvement, with a focus on imagining a better future. Modules are ...

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Building Evidence with Private Funding, Leveraging Learning to Unlock Public Dollars
Courtesy of LSSI
Dec 1, 2022

Building Evidence with Private Funding, Leveraging Learning to Unlock Public Dollars

For the past four years, The Christopher Family Foundation has supported implementation of the Therapeutic Foster Care program at Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI). Therapeutic Foster Care, or TFC, is a trauma-informed and evidence-based treatment program ...

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