Better Together, a nonprofit dedicated to families and children, has received a $5,500 grant from the Iron Mountain Solutions Employee Peaks Fund to support the organization’s impact in Central Florida.
Better Together is a volunteer-driven, privately funded nonprofit that prevents the need for foster care by building strong families and communities. When a parent needs support – due to homelessness, a medical emergency, or other crisis – Better Together volunteer host families provide a safe, loving home for the children short term, while staff and mentors empower the parents to secure employment, housing and other needs. 76% of families served by Better Together can trace the root cause of their struggle to job loss. Better Together’s workforce program provides opportunities for all job seekers through relational job fairs and volunteer job coaches. Together, the programs build strong families and strong communities.
Established in Southwest Florida in 2015, the nonprofit’s programming has rapidly expanded to reach families in six regions of Florida, which span 48 counties. To date, the program has served more than 10,000 children and kept 98% of children served through mentoring and hosting out of foster care, while helping 40,000 job seekers find employment through church-based job fairs across 24 states.
“We are so grateful to the employees of Iron Mountain Solutions for supporting our mission,” said Megan Rose, CEO of Better Together. “These funds will help us continue to support families and children in this region and help job seekers as they search for dependable work opportunities.”
Iron Mountain Solutions (IMS) is a technology solutions company headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. In 2018, IMS, in collaboration with the Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville, created the Iron Mountain Solutions Employee Peaks Fund, an employee giving fund. Since its inception, its employees have donated over $660,000 to community organizations. The IMS Employee Peaks fund awards grants to qualified applicants twice a year based on votes from employee contributors. This year, Better Together was chosen as one of their recipients.
To learn more about Better Together and its mission, visit BetterTogetherUS.org.
About Better Together
Better Together is a nonprofit organization that helps parents going through a hard time keep their kids out of foster care, find work and address the root causes of their struggle so that they can reunite as a family with the tools and support system to thrive. A privately funded and professionally supported organization, Better Together is made up of volunteers who believe helping people help themselves is the best way to restore dignity and bring families together. Through the Better Families program, families are offered a preventive alternative to foster care while they get the help they need. To date, the program has kept 98% of children served out of foster care. The Better Jobs program was created to address the 76% of families that come to Better Together because of economic hardship tied to unemployment. In addition to community job fairs, the program offers job seekers coaching, guidance, support and encouragement through local church partners. For more information, visit BetterTogetherUS.org.
