The Trenton Social Impact Group is comprised of CEOs and Executive Directors of nonprofit organizations working together to improve the lives of those living in the Trenton area. These organizations have created a safety net of services to help all people in Mercer County, New Jersey. The organization believes everyone deserves to live with dignity. Our “Common Good Initiative” helps individuals in need of food and shelter. Our participating members connect people to resources—but our most important work connects people with people.
As the Trenton Social Impact Group, we have created a unique support network, the Common Good Initiative, that delivers life-saving services to our neighbors in need in Mercer County, New Jersey.
We are transforming lives one meal, one counseling session, one apartment at a time.
But those aren’t the only ones we help.
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Our network also helps our team of leaders, who are given the chance to be part of the solution. While we connect people in need with resources, our most valuable work happens when we connect them with other special, kind-hearted people who champion the idea that everyone deserves to live with dignity.
Our work benefits those being served as well as those serving.
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The Trenton Social Impact Group is tackling hunger and homelessness in Mercer County with their Common Good Initiative. The Common Good Initiative is a county-wide support network for those individuals who are without food and shelter. To learn how you can become more involved, please search below for the services that resonate with you.
Hunger: We nourish our neighbors with life-sustaining food.
Housing: We connect those in need with temporary, short-term, long-term shelter.
Education/Employment: We deliver vital knowledge about parenting, job-search and financial skills to help people regain their footing.
Counseling: We provide counseling for trauma and abuse, domestic violence, depression and addition recovery.
Empowerment: We teach agriculture skills to improve food security, as well as pathways to higher education and financial knowledge to build credit.
Together, we can change the world by changing our neighbors’ lives. We can end this inequity and restore these basic human rights for all.
And we can do more with you!
At the Trenton Social Impact Group, we believe every time you give “good”, you get better. That’s how the Common Good Initiative was born.
We have a team of special people who dedicate their time, money and talent to build our county-wide support network, which provides the basic needs to give everyone a second chance.
But we need your help to keep this effort going so we can take care of everyone in need.
For our corporate neighbors, we could use financial support and increased employee awareness and engagement in this effort.
For individual residents of the Mercer County region, we could use your time, expertise, and financial support to help serve alongside us, giving back your gratitude to your family at-large.
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To take full advantage of our support network, please search below for our services that can help you.
More than 50,000 residents will go hungry tonight in Mercer County, N.J., a number that has swelled in the era of COVID-19, according to research by Feeding America. Including children and seniors, 11% of Mercer County is food insecure. Our county-wide support network opens its doors and delivers food throughout the week to help feed those in need.
The majority (56%) of Mercer County homeless persons reported having some type of disability, according to a Point-in-Time Count of the homeless from Monarch Housing Associates. Survivors of Domestic Violence represent 11.2% of the total homeless population in our county, while 92.6% of our homeless youth identify as African American. Our county-wide support network provides emergency shelters, short-term apartments and long-term housing solutions.
The lack of education and employment is part of the reason why the wealthiest American families now have 75 times more wealth as lower-income families, according to a report from Pew Research Center. A minimum-wage worker would have to work nearly 127 hours per week to afford a two-bedroom rental home in most of the U.S., according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition. Our county-wide support network teaches the skills needed to overcome.
Individuals with physical and mental challenges are overrepresented when it comes to food insecurity and homelessness. Among Mercer County’s homeless disabled, 53% reported mental health issues making it the most prevalent disability, according to the Mercer County Point-in-Time Count of the Homeless from Monarch Housing Associates. Our county-wide support network provides trained staff in the areas of trauma, cognitive behavioral therapy, mood disorders and anger management.
Lifting people up through the sharing of crucial knowledge will give all Mercer County residents a true support network. Our county-wide network provides men with mock on-site job interviews and teenage boys with classes about healthy and productive relationships, as well as leadership and life skills. We provide women with support groups for job search and a career center for assistance, ranging from job training to referrals to local boutiques.
July 14, 2020
CMA Joins Fight Against Hunger, Homelessness
A subset of the Trenton Social Impact Group (TSIG), which is a consortium of 25 Mercer County-based nonprofits, will participate in the digital marketing campaign. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated a present and persistent problem where a growing number of neighbors exist without food and shelter.
Trenton Social Impact Group Meeting
Date/Time: October 19, 2020 - 10:00 am
Location: Zoom
More Info: At this meeting we will update the full group on the Common Good Initiative and determine next steps
Many of us know Paulina Alvarado Goldman. Please take a moment to read her article. At this time of great need, and when we all give thanks, let us celebrate the work each one of us do in our community for those who need us most.
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The nonprofit sector has stepped up in 2020 in 6 selfless ways to build resilience. On "Giving Tuesday", let's do our part.Like the NY Times article below, many Mercer County non profits have lost volunteers and are looking for hands on help during this challenging time. Please consider giving of your time to help those in need. Check out the Common Good website for more information! www.commongoodtrenton.org
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Common Good Initiative – Members of the Trenton Social Impact Group – commongoodtrenton.org
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The Trenton Social Impact Group is comprised of CEOs and Executive Directors of nonprofit organizations working together to improve the lives of those living in the Trenton area. These organizations h...The Trenton Social Impact Group will be meeting this coming Monday, November 16, 2020 at 10:00AM. The agenda and Zoom link will be sent soon. We look forward to zooming with our ED colleagues!