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BTN Initiatives

Financial Enhancement

When the monetary means of exchange are a mystery, the advantages to be gained in using them will not be achieved. Broken dreams are rarely fixed and tomorrow becomes saturated with impossibilities. On the other hand, Financial Enhancement empowers the least of us, and it creates an independence that opens once closed doors to wealth building opportunities. What you do each day defines more of who you are, rather than who you say you are. Blacktown, N.e.w.b.i.a. is committed to developing a community where managing individual, family and community financial resources are wisely spent and invested with an expectation and underlying purpose of advancing Inhabitants. Blacktown, N.e.w.b.i.a. is consistent in its messages and in its works so that duality is avoided. Poverty is driven by some who have access. Generational wealth is ensured by those who are intentional.

Healthy Families, Safe Communities & Responsive Schools

Who we are connected to first forms the foundation upon which we develop. Communities need healthy families and families need healthy communities. Adequate healthcare is not just a privilege. It is a human right. A significant component of healthy families and healthy communities is anchored in families and communities being free from the crippling effects of crime. Stressful families and stressful communities cannot support functional schools. When our educational system fails us, the suffering is long-term and the future of the family and the community are held hostage. A responsive educational system celebrates the accuracy of history, navigates through current issues and prepares its stakeholders for emerging concerns. The educational system then becomes a powerful resource for families and communities to thrive. Blacktown, N.e.w.b.i.a. is a destination, and it is also a journey. It is a place where evidence-based research has produced a community of shared values, practiced by its Inhabitants through collective reciprocity.

Affordable/ Livable Housing & Environment

There is a housing crisis in America and in some parts of the world. Homelessness is an unnatural human occurrence. The conditions that give rise to homelessness are predictable. Blacktown, N.e.w.b.i.a. is sensitive to such conditions, and it works continuously to identify resources to serve as protective factors in combating individual and family homelessness. The impacts of homelessness are far reaching. Blacktown, N.e.w.b.i.a. scans its communities, constantly searching for instability in families and neighborhoods, to stay in front of fragile families and unstable communities. Homelessness is not just a housing problem. It is a problem that affects all aspects of life. Blacktown, N.e.w.b.i.a. works collaboratively with a cross-section of organizations to serve its Inhabitants with the most recent resources to effectively address the early warning signs of homelessness and limited livable housing. Environmental issues are typically unnoticed until blight is seen. Blacktown, N.e.w.b.i.a. practices environmental stewardship through Inhabitants-led projects that are leveraged by other organizations to ensure clean streets and to promote effective community infrastructures.

Employment, Economic & Cultural/Spiritual Development

Stable employment is critical to planning. You cannot plan when immediate priorities are to survive today. The disruptive factors of unemployment and underemployment are broad-based to the individual, the families and the community. Livable wages are no longer a rallying point for discussion, instead the issue is planning a life with possibilities. Economic conditions whether local, regional, state or national can have cascading impacts on stabilizing individuals, families and communities. Blacktown, N.e.w.b.i.a. has designed projects and programs that tackle the root causes of unemployment and underemployment through a cultural development platform. Transformation of ideas and habits must be manifested in behavior modifications. Inhabitants are exposed to daily practices that reinforce their fundamental purpose in life and establish priorities for long-term success.
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