Women Achieving Success (WAS) dba Families Achieving Success is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2016.
- OUR MISSION is to empower, educate and motivate parents and their children to become self-sufficient and successful, through life skills education and mental health awareness.
- OUR GOAL is to promote self-sufficiency, stability, mental wellness and resiliency in the entire family.
- OUR VISION is to break the cycle of poverty, homelessness, trauma and abuse.
Our organization focuses on 2 main pillars of service: life skills education and mental health awareness.
We provide comprehensive services to at-youth/at-promise youth and low-income families, we primarily serve African American and Latino families. We offer life skills education programs (including mentorship, character development, civic engagement, parenting programs and financial education.)
We also provide mental health awareness programs (including suicide prevention, domestic violence counseling, healing circles/support groups, complementary alternative medicine such as mindfulness, stress reduction, self-care and art therapy workshops).
Additionally, we participate in community outreach, culturally relevant programs, training for educators and advocacy for students. We are also currently revitalizing a community garden to further serve and positively impact the families in our community.
Families Achieving Success is fully staffed with S.A.F.E. TALK and ASIST Certified Suicide Prevention Interventionists.