About Crossway Community

Crossway Community, Inc. is a pioneering and entrepreneurial nonprofit organization offering an integrated, evidence-based approach to reducing poverty and creating social change.

We maintain a deep belief that every individual and family is capable of success when equipped with a set of educational, professional, and personal tools. Our programs are both evidence-based and need-based and assist our students in cultivating the skills necessary to succeed in today's economy and society.

The programs and services Crossway Community provides are delivered through through three distinct but collaborative entities: the Family Leadership Academy, the Crossway Montessori Programs, and the Community Lifelong Learning Center.

At the Family Leadership Academy, young mothers are provided with the opportunity and the resources to reshape their lives and learn to be effective parents. While participating in the Family Leadership Academy, their children attend the Crossway Montessori Programs, where they are encouraged to become independent, creative, and able thinkers. The Community Lifelong Learning Center brings the community to our campus through a variety of recreational, cultural, and civic events, activating Crossway's mission to foster community, creativity, and learning for all families.

The core of all of Crossway's programs is the belief that education is the key to success, and that every family, regardless of income or other factors, deserves the opportunity to succeed. Crossway was founded more than 20 years ago, and has served more than 600 families in its residential program, and more than 20,000 individuals have benefited from its educational and referral services.

Crossway Community distinguishes itself from other organizations by implementing an integrated approach that:

• Provides long-term services in an educational framework;
• Emphasizes family strengths and assets from a multi-generational perspective;
• Works with families to identify risks and create strategies to address these;
• Encourages a strong community by bringing families together across culture and class;
• Focuses on the importance of early childhood intervention using Montessori theory to promote individual development, independence, and social skills; and
• Leverages the social capital of seniors and the community to create supportive interventions for vulnerable families.