Progress to Date:

Network by the numbers, as of March 31st 2007

• Over 2300 members in the Network
• 247 employed, 84% in jobs with benefits
• 77 young adults engaged in GED preparation, post-secondary education, and jobs through Youth Opportunities Unlimited
• 52% obtained employment
• 9 obtained GED's
• 4 entered college
• 5 completed occupational training
• 56 ex-offenders graduated from Louisville Urban League's "Making it Work" job training and placement initiative
• 844 families received free tax services at VITA sites in Making Connections neighborhoods in 2006
• $628,323 in earned income tax credits received by families who filed at VITA sites in Making Connections neighborhoods in 2006
• 52 network members completed a personal financial vision statement and financial action plan, including 14 Network Savers
• 29 childcare providers and family, friend, and neighbor providers participated in early childhood development and literacy training, impacting over 300 children and families
• 1 lending library established at Dawson-Orman Early Childhood Education Center