Wraparound Support and Economic Mobility Navigation
Helping People Stay on the Pathway to Stability
The Center for Social Impact helps participants identify barriers, build an Individual Empowerment Plan, access coordinated support, complete education and training, and progress toward employment, entrepreneurship, and family stability.
The Center for Social Impact is the wraparound support and navigation hub of the IWOWS ecosystem, powered by Ideal Education. It coordinates assessment, each participant's Individual Empowerment Plan, benefits navigation, and barrier-removal referrals so people can complete training and progress toward employment, entrepreneurship, and family stability.
Training Alone Does Not Remove Every Barrier
Participants may enter a workforce or education program ready to succeed but still face challenges involving:
These barriers can interrupt attendance, delay completion, prevent job acceptance, or destabilize a family as earnings change. The Center for Social Impact helps coordinate the support surrounding the participant.
The Individual Empowerment Plan
Each participant's pathway begins with understanding the whole person, not only their employment status. An Individual Empowerment Plan may address:
The plan identifies actions, referrals, responsibilities, milestones, and follow-up needs.
Core Services
Intake and Assessment
Understand the participant's goals, strengths, barriers, and current circumstances.
Career and Education Navigation
Help participants select an appropriate training, employment, apprenticeship, or entrepreneurship pathway.
Benefits Navigation
Help participants understand how income changes may affect public benefits and identify appropriate planning resources.
Case Coordination
Coordinate communication among participants, educators, workforce staff, employers, and service partners.
Barrier-Removal Referrals
Connect participants with trusted organizations addressing transportation, housing, childcare, health, food, legal, financial, or other needs.
Retention Support
Provide follow-up during education, work-based learning, employment, and transition periods.
Family Stability Planning
Help participants connect income advancement with budgeting, healthcare continuity, savings, credit, housing, and other stability goals.
Who We Serve
The Center may serve:
Referral Partner Network
The Center seeks partnerships with:
Outcomes We Seek
The Center is designed to improve:
Partner and Funder Opportunities
Partners can:
Results We Report
As participants progress, the Center reports verified data for:
Get involved
Economic Mobility Requires a Support System
Join the referral network, fund navigation services, or help participants overcome the barriers between opportunity and success.