Maurice Lim Miller
Family Independence Initiative

“I was so glad to have the help of the TEAMS facilitators in designing and adapting my project to build self-sufficiency in low income communities. They were very open and sensitive to the realities of our families’ situations. And, they were able to understand my issues in implementing the Family Independence Initiative. They provided really helpful suggestions about what is real and possible to do.”

Luz Sierra
Neighborhood Action Team Facilitator
Monument Corridor, Concord

"We go through thick and thin. Then we come up with solutions but we grow as people while we’re solving our problems together. We work hard, then celebrate, learning from our experiences. The best thing is working as a team, learning from each other."

Mark Deven,
Assistant City Manager
City of Concord

“The TEAMS Neighborhood Action Teams (NATs) made us a better service provider. They helped us do a better job because they could better articulate and state in a way that all of us understand what needed to be done, how it needed to be done, and what was the best way to deliver. So the NATs in my mind are the real juice that made the Monument Community Partnership even more productive than it was in the beginning.”

Robin Love
Family Preservation Coordinator/Family and Children Services City and County of San Francisco

“Judith and Henry’s insight and experience have been instrumental in supporting me as a leader and in the shaping the future direction to build community capacity."