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- EIN 54-2104001
- (909) 793-8822
- 932 West Cypress Ave Redlands CA 92373 USA
- buildingageneration.org
- BAGCharity
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Adult Education, Community Coalitions, Disaster Aid, Education, Literacy, Remedial Reading & Encouragement, Safety Education
Mission: Building A Generation serves children and parents by providing personalized education, support, and connections to community resources, enabling them to become healthy and self-sufficient families. It is the Vision of Building A Generation to be an established gateway to resources and services that empower parents and children to be productive members of their communities.
Direct beneficiaries per year: 2000 families
Programs: The family resource center program exists to improve family functioning and connect families to community resources so that children and youth are given the opportunity to thrive in a healthy environment. Case managers work with families to achieve overall self-sufficiency by assisting families in securing necessary basic and intermediate needs such as food, shelter, counseling, and adequate housing. Other needs include community linkages to parenting support groups, crisis intervention, and youth development opportunities. Such direct program activities and services include case management to assist with education and access to community support, learning tubs, storybook hour, child passenger safety, family counseling, and boost. The family resource center program is hosted at four elementary schools serving the east valley of san bernardino count where each site is strategically located in geographic areas that have high rates of juvenile delinquency, violence, truancy, and child neglect. Serving 7000 parents and children a year, the family resource centers are sustained through strong community partnerships, grants, and individual fundraisers.