BOND - Building Our Nations Daughters

BOND is building a community of single mothers as leaders to ensure that every single mother and the daughters have positive relationships and their household has access to equal opportunities. BOND will cultivate healthy mother-daughter relationships by directly involving the mother in the relationship development process. Through a comprehensive approach, BOND will provide supports and opportuni

ties to build strong mother-daughter relationships along with personal, educational, professional development, and cultural experiences to address a full spectrum of challenges faced by single mothers. A strong mother-daughter relationship is a pivotal factor for academic and personal success of young women in urban communities of single mother households. This program will provide time, access, and skills to develop strong mother-daughter relationships. BOND provides monthly activities, sessions, and services to cultivate genuine positive mother daughter relationships. Two hours of protected time each month is provided for mothers and daughters to attend BONDing activities together. BOND also connects the mother daughter pairs to academic, professional, and community resources based on the needs of the mother-daughter pair specific to meet the challenges of single mother households. Finally BOND allows participant’s access to cultural opportunities normally inaccessible to urban community residents.