Currently, there are 36,638 children—or 14.2% of those under 18 in Charlotte living in families experiencing poverty. Statistics show that these children will likely become low-income adults if their families don't gain access to the resources and opportunities needed to initiate change. It's a repetitive pattern of financial insecurity that seizes multiple generations of the same family and doesn't let go. But that's why we're here.

Poverty isn't a new problem in Charlotte, and that is the problem - because poverty doesn't just go away on its own.

Families Forward Charlotte is a 501(c)(3) non-profit committed to breaking the cycle of intergenerational poverty that makes upward mobility too difficult for too many families in our community.

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Hearts For Hope Gala 2025

Join us for our 8th annual Hearts for Hope fundraiser!