Family Independence Initiative and UpTogether

Based in Oakland, California, the Family Independence Initiative (FII) has focused on how low-income people have the capacity to construct their own pathways out of poverty. Recently after listening to families expressing their need to maintain and develop new connections across the country, the organization developed a community-building social networking Web site - UpTogether. The platform allows members to offer and ask for support to move their lives forward, reach goals, and improve their well-being leverage their initiative accelerates their mobility.