HIGHER GROUND A RESOURCE CENTER
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Mission Statement
Empowering one life at a time to Reach, Transform, and Elevate their community through love and character-building. Higher Ground works with one individual at a time to stabilize basic needs, build skills, and scaffold support so that they can reach, transform, and elevate their community. Higher Ground staff enter every interaction knowing that we are not the experts. We are here to listen, learn, support when asked, and help establish a network of local resources that exist in the community. With consistent efforts and support, individual and community change happens. Higher Ground supports individual’s goals so that each person ultimately reaches, transforms, and elevates their community.
About This Cause
Higher Ground’s Restart Smart teaches students executive function skills, grit and impulsivity regulation. We have cornered the market on improving chronic absenteeism in our schools and work to reduce unsafe behaviors to make our schools safe. Our work results in improving absenteeism, and lowering drug abuse and unsafe behaviors in schools. We connect families with food, jobs, and clothing, and we work to build school neighborhood support. Our goal is to build strong students, families, communities and schools that can stand their own and are successful. Higher Ground is transforming education and community development in Arizona through our innovative Restart SMART strategy. We're preparing the workforce of tomorrow by focusing on: Student Executive Functions: We develop crucial skills in youth like focus, emotional regulation, and problem-solving, improving academic and future career success, nurturing student well-being beyond the classroom. Family Wellness: By supporting parents and guardians, we create healthier home environments that nurture children's growth. Safer Schools: By reducing unsafe behaviors in schools by up to 56%. Chronic Absenteeism: We have improved attendance in our schools by up to 47%, far above the rate of comparable schools. Community Outcomes: We address poverty and trauma at the community level, enabling schools to focus on education. Higher Ground serves 4000 individuals in Arizona - 3,000 students, 550 parents, 550 educators. We have room to grow nationally. Our outcomes: Increased student attendance rates by 47%. Reduced discipline incidents at our schools by 56% creating safer and more supportive learning environments. Improved school grades from F to B (within five years). Increased family participation by 12% across all schools in school quality surveys. Improved student resilience/grit by 55% with significant gains in self-control and executive function development. Allowed all Higher Ground schools to focus on their core mission: education Your donation can help break the cycle of poverty and trauma and help kids learn and succeed in school. Join us in this vital mission. Your contribution, no matter the size, can help us reach, transform, and elevate one more life, one more family, one more community. Together, we can create successful students and schools, strong communities and lasting, positive change right here in Arizona. We empower one life at a time to reach, transform and elevate through love and character building.