Jeremiah Program Strategic Plan
Our why
JP has finalized a new five-year strategic plan designed to directly support nearly 5,000 current and alumni moms and children, while building a foundation to intentionally change conditions for another 500,000 single parent families.
We are unrelenting in our support of single moms to drive investments in key economic mobility levers for themselves, their children, and their communities, disrupting generational poverty at three levels.
serving more families
Expanding JP’s Impact
JP is actively supporting 4,600 current and alumni moms and children. We anticipate that our advocacy for JP families can drive investments for key economic mobility levers for ~25% of single parents – beyond JP families – living in JP communities at or below the poverty line.
Building the foundation to change conditions for 500,000 single parents and their families experiencing poverty that we may never meet
shaping the future
JP’s Strategic Priorities
Build year-round alumni programming to advance solutions that support economic mobility.
In this plan, we will build on our recent efforts around alumni community (e.g., Summit, JP Fellows, alumni census) to create a deeper, year-round network of alumni who engage in-person and digitally that support alumni efforts to make changes for themselves and their communities.
We commit to:
- Establish regional alumni chapters with stipends for JP alumni officers.
- Build a JP mobile app that leverages AI to share resources and connect alumni with each other and current moms.
- Explore creating a loan fund for JP alumni and additional partnerships to invest in key economic mobility milestones for their families (e.g., down payment resulting in lower interest rates; security deposit for better school district).
Amplify the stories of JP families and champion the disaggregation of data to change narratives about generational poverty.
In this plan, we will center the experiences of single moms and their children to change narratives by amplifying the stories and voices of JP families and championing data reflects their experience (i.e., is disaggregated by gender, racial, and parental status).
We commit to:
- Build the technical systems and processes to support democratized storytelling among JP families/alumni, providing a direct route for moms to elevate their stories on issues they care most about.
- Strengthening the capacity of JP leadership to champion disaggregating data (e.g., by gender, race, and parenting status) to center the experience of single moms and their families.
Strengthen our core programming by leveraging JP learnings and family insights.
In this plan, we will continue to strengthen our data driven approach to direct service programming in each of the five pillars to ensure JP moms and children have the support, resources, training, and community needed to smoothly transition into being alumni and continue their journey to economic mobility.
We commit to:
- Build a data-driven framework and process that draws on JP learnings and family insights for ongoing improvement of our core programming across the five pillars (college access & career support, quality early childhood education, safe & affordable housing, E&L and career training, and supportive community).
- Ensure smoother transitions for moms and kids across the full JP journey from E&L through joining the alumni community.
Create a holistic impact measurement approach to share insights internally and externally within JP communities.
In this plan, we will fuel a culture of continuous learning and improvement and communicate our impact internally and externally.
We commit to:
- Build the technology, team processes, systems, and professional habits to measure impact and surface/apply insights that benefit larger the JP geographic community.
- Publish JP’s insights and learnings about issues impacting JP families and solutions.
Build a development program that leverages and fuels JP’s strategic investments and expansion.
In this plan, we will build infrastructure and capabilities to both leverages the investments of this plan to reach aligned champions and catalyze new giving from these champions to fund the investments in this plan.
We commit to:
- Strengthen infrastructure at the regional and national levels to attract and inspire champions committed to systems change (e.g., gender equity, economic mobility, and generational poverty) and raise both private and public dollars.
- Invest in continuing education for JP leaders and board members to increase their knowledge, capacity, and effectiveness in enlisting prominent champions.