“Coming together in a subsidiary structure and changing our name to YWCA Glendale and Pasadena has been an incredibly positive experience - we were able to expand our programming for girls with new staff and expertise and extend our programmatic reach to survivors in Pasadena. We just completed our first Pasadena based fundraiser as YWCA Glendale and Pasadena, which reached its highest fundraising outcome in its 19 years.”

“Our collaboration has provided a valuable opportunity to expand services to a geographic area and a population that has been underserved and overlooked. It has allowed us to raise awareness and support from the community around foster care. The collaboration of African American faith-based organizations in So. Los Angeles of different denominations around foster care and adoption is unique, especially partnering to provide direct services to the community. We are happy to be a model of the power of the faith based community's power when collaborating.”

"NSI gave the Arts for Healing and Justice Network (AHJN) the opportunity to explore the interest, value add, and feasibility of a collaborative model. Through the process, we discovered we could accomplish more together than alone. Since NSI's support, AHJN has grown from six founding members to 15 and growing, year-round arts programming serving approximately 1,500 youth per year, and serving as an efficient passthru for county dollars including multiple county contracts serving youth in detention and in-community settings. Beyond programming, we are able to leverage our members for systems-change work, creating more visibility for healing-informed arts practices, and establishing the collective as leaders in the arts and justice sector."