Through roughly 40 different programs, Brighton Center helps individuals and families with needs such as adult and early-childhood education, workforce development, substance abuse recovery for women, affordable housing, financial education, and youth services.
Each of these needs is interconnected. To truly assist someone in attaining self-sufficiency, Brighton addresses each of them using a 360-degree approach. According to Brighton Center, in the five years before COVID-19, they helped more than 27,000 individuals meet basic needs, cared for more than 4,300 children in their facilities, connected with more than 1,500 youth who were homeless or had run away from home, and provided workforce services to more than 34,000 individuals — 93% of whom found steady employment.
Truist Cares* provided a $25,000 grant to Brighton Center, as part of a $50 million financial relief commitment to communities in response to the pandemic. According to Brighton Center, the grant has helped the nonprofit handle the nearly 400%† increase in the number of families accessing emergency assistance services.
“Brighton Center understands the importance of connecting people to the resources and education needed to help break the cycle of poverty,” says Calvin Barker, Kentucky & Ohio regional president at BB&T, now Truist. “As part of our larger response to COVID-19 relief needs through our Truist Cares* initiative, the $25,000 grant to Brighton Center has helped the nonprofit respond to the significant increase in demand for their services amid the spike of unemployment in Kentucky to over 15% during the initial stages of the pandemic.”