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  • ACHIEVEability

    Founded 1981
  • Organization info

    215-748-8800
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    21 South 61st Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19139
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  • Current Size


    Full-time employees: 17
    Part-time employees: 4

  • Awards & Honors

    • 2010 - Black Wharton Undergraduate Association's G.A.L.A. Award for outstanding dedication to community service.
    • Awarded $1.1 million from Mayor Nutter's office for supportive housing.
    • 2009 - Unsung Heroes in Public Health by the National Community-Based Organization Network.
    • Registered PA Nonprofit
    • Tax Exempt

Causes

ACHIEVEability

Profile updated 8 hours ago
Independent Lives. Strong Communities. 

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Our Purpose

ACHIEVEability permanently breaks the cycle of poverty for low-income, single parent and homeless families. ACHIEVEability provides housing and supportive services so parents can pursue higher education and achieve self-sufficiency. Everything we do promotes accountability for our families.

Our Impact

During 2010: 16 parents earned degrees (11 Associate's and 5 Bachelor's degrees); 88% of parents maintained employment, working an average of 32.7 hours per week, earning an average wage of $11.51 per

Key Programs

Family Self-Sufficiency Program
ACHIEVEabilty understands the value of measurements and accountability in helping families reach self-sufficiency. To this end, ACHIEVEability has developed the the Family Self-Sufficiency Continuum, a tool to measure a family's progress toward self-sufficiency. The continuum contains objective, m

Community Office Programs and Services
The goal of ACHIEVEability's Community Office is to help residents of the Haddington and Cobbs Creek neighborhoods of West Philadelphia. The office works with residents to organize, access, plan, and implement activities and utilize information which will contribute to achieving a healthy, vibrant,

Housing
ACHIEVEability develops housing for our families from abandoned homes and vacant lots that are located close to the services and resources needed by the families. Our housing development activities not only help the families we serve, but also help the neighborhoods where the homes are located. We

IN THE NEWS...

  • CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP
    Impact, the Morgan Lewis Way
    By JIN DAVID KIM Generocity Staff Writer

    08/02/11 Things were a little different at work last week for Lily Presha. In the Philadelphia offices of international law firm Morgan Lewis, where she works, she joined her colleagues from other offices around the world in a company-wide, weeklong celebration of the firm's philanthropic and charitable works--all culminating in Saturday's Impact Day.

Leadership

Board of Directors

Board Chairman

Anthony Schweiger

Cheif Executive Officer

Marcus Allen

Board Tresurer

Joel S. Lawson III

Board Vice President

Patrick Mullen

Board Member

Thomas R. Flippen Sr.

Board Member

Brian McElwee

Staff

Terry Guerra

VP, Community Development

Matt McCarter

VP, Real Estate

Jasmine Eaddy

VP, Self-Sufficiency

Dale Keshishian

Board Member

Letitia Squillaro

Board Member

Danyl S Patterson, Esq.

Board Member, Self-Sufficeny Committee Chair

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