I completed the STRIVE® program and CFUF helped me find employment upon graduating. After working for a pest control company for a few years, I decided to open up my own business.
When I did my intake, I felt like CFUF was something different.
With multiple wraparound services like the dedicated staff, practical support like access to vehicles and tools to build intergenerational wealth, CFUF is not a typical nonprofit.
I had a job before I graduated from the program at the top of my class.
We want them to become upstanding citizens and come back to Baltimore and do the same thing for someone else. Each one, teach one.
I am a strong believer that knowledge is power.
OUR GOAL IS TO
DISMANTLE POVERTY
TRANSFORMING FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES
The Center for Urban Families is a non-profit working to empower individuals and families in Baltimore, Maryland, with the skills they need for long-term personal and economic success. Through a holistic, person-centered approach, we help our members discover and reach their full potential. We believe that every person matters, no matter who they are or where they come from, and that it is never too late for a second chance.
OUR PROGRAMS
STRIVE® BALTIMORE
An intensive 3-week workshop that combines tangible skills, such as resume writing and interviewing, with attitudinal training that prepares individuals to obtain and retain employment.
BACK TO BUSINESS
A 3-day job readiness training that focuses on refreshing the soft skills and job search skills of individuals with prior work experience who are seeking employment.
BALTIMORE RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD SERVICES
An eight-week program, that utilizes CFUF’s Developing All Dads for Manhood and Parenting (DADMAP) curriculum to assist non-custodial fathers, with low incomes, to increase and build their fatherhood knowledge and skills.
PRACTITIONERS LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
PLI is CFUF’s nationally-focused initiative that seeks to promote excellence in the human services industry by providing customized technical assistance and training for new, emerging, and established programs and their leaders, in order for them to better serve low-income fathers and families.
THE FUTURE IS NOW
33,804
Men and women's lives transformed
73,119
Children's lives touched
5,857
Full-time jobs secured
$18.06
Average hourly wage for members
$18.40
Average hourly wage in healthcare and social assistance
$20.31
Average hourly wage in construction
