Peters, John Aty

Operational since 1989, Family Focus is an organization that offers opportunities for constructive growth and development to empower and promote safe, loving and nurturing homes for children. The organization works in partnership with families. It also provides access to classes in transparenting. Family Focus administers the Healthy Families of Jasper and Newton Counties program, which assists and supports families with newborn children. The program manages a baby boutique that provides access to a variety of materials, such as children s books, diapers, toys, clothes, bottles and DVDs. The organization s Families Beyond Conflict program serves parents who have communication difficulty after a divorce.

GMP Labs NFP is a Chicago-based organization that offers a comprehensive 4-year Master Home Builder Apprenticeship Program, designed to equip students with hands-on experience and education in construction trades by building eight new homes. The program targets under-served youth in Chicago, particularly those aged 20-24 who are neither working nor in school, providing them with marketable job skills to enhance their employment prospects. Collaborating with community partners such as Breakthrough, Covenant House Illinois, and Cara Chicago, GMP Labs delivers accredited vocational training through the Associated Builders and Contractors Illinois Chapter. The initiative emphasizes a triple bottom line approach, aiming for positive economic impact, favorable social outcomes, and environmental sustainability in the local community. Generated from the website