ABAM Conceptual Model (initial)
The ABAM Foundation
Preparing Young Women to BE Greater
Fund Development
Traditional Fundraising
Public, Private funding sources through grants; individual donor base; annual fundraising events (i.e art show)
Social Entrepreneurship
Café/Restaurant and Laundromat:
Income producing and used for vocational training opportunity Women’s Wellness Center:
Income producing and used for life skills and enrichment opportunities
Educational Support:
Academic scholarships for girls, teen mothers or girls whose mother was a teen mother that who have received college admittance and/or living in underserved regions where secondary education is economically out of reach for the family.
Tutoring services and college preparation courses for teen mothers or teen mothers-to-be.
Charter school with an onsite childcare facility.
Campus: onsite charter school for obtaining HS/GED; tutoring services, childcare facility for program participants; case management services and mental health services; enrichment activities (i.e fashion camp)
Transitional living program: single unit apartments that provide mothers with an independent style living environment and transition time out of ABAM programming into stable living conditions
Housing- communal living: group home style living for teen mothers or teen mothers to-be providing stability and case management toward transitional living programming