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Community Solutions
Homelessness charity
- 101-200 employees
- Charity
- Social Impact
- Tribeca, New York, NY
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Company mission
To create a lasting end to homelessness that leaves no one behind.
Our take
Community Solutions is a nonprofit organisation working towards ending homelessness across the US. It was founded as an extension of Breaking Ground, formerly Common Ground Community, a permanent housing solution for those at risk of homelessness.
The nonprofit has developed the "Built for Zero" movement. It's a data led approach where communities change how local homeless response systems work and the impact they can achieve. Currently 100 cities & counties are part of it, and 14 of these have already reached a standard called functional zero (ending homelessness for a population).
Community Solutions was recently awarded the MacArthur Foundations #100andChange grant which will give it the backing it needs to pursue its mission of reaching functional zero for chronic or veteran homelessness by 2026. It will be interesting to see how its data led formula can make a difference in the homelessness epidemic.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Education assistance: for undergraduate, graduate and continuing education
- Flexible spending accounts: staff save 30% on health care, commuter, and dependent care expenses
- Health insurance: medical, dental and vision, with 85% of employee premiums paid
- Support for new parents: paid parental leave + up to $1500 for adoption-related costs
- Retirement plan: 403(b) plans with matching employer contribution of up to 5%
- Vacation: 25 days for new employees + 14 paid holidays
Company values
- Solve for impossible - We tackle urgent, complex social problems at the systems level because our hope for a just society is at stake. We work in the service of real, lasting solutions
- Learn by doing - We discover solutions through iterative experimentation and rigorous, data-driven reflection. We choose curiosity and action
- Focus on the user - We start with the question of what matters to the person suffering the problem and work from there
- Love the bomb - Our most important lessons and creative opportunities come from facing into what is not working. We don’t let fear of failure keep us from moving forward
- Operate from generosity - We believe in generosity and in working to make others successful, both within Community Solutions and among the partners and communities with which we work. We support each other in taking risks and learning. We replace the question, “Who is to blame for failure?” with a more powerful question, “What can I do to increase our collective chance of success?”
- Take ownership of what happens here - We each take full responsibility for workplace dynamics and hold ourselves accountable for the success of our projects and the organisation as a whole. We hold ourselves and each other accountable to our values; we don’t wait for anyone to do it for us
- Embrace appreciation, humour and joy - We take the fear out of change by making the process encouraging, inspiring, and fun
- Promote racial equity - We recognise racism as a leading cause of homelessness and many of the conditions that create it. We commit ourselves to building and being a diverse and inclusive organisation that pursues meaningful, data-driven strategies for combating the racism that leads to and exacerbates homelessness, both on the public stage and in the communities we serve
Leadership
Rosanne Haggerty
(President)Previously founded Common Ground Community (Now Breaking Ground) after graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in American Studies at Amherst College.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Community Solutions
Ashlee Brown (Principal, People Operations & Culture)
- We strive for inclusivity and diversity by attracting extraordinary people from diverse backgrounds and lived experiences. We seek to employ an all-star team of people who vary by their race and ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, nationality, age, culture, religion, veteran status, physical and mental abilities. We promote equal opportunity in the recruitment, selection, training, compensation, promotion, and benefits of all employees.