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New Beginnings in 2025

Happy New Year! All of us here at Pathways are very excited about all the amazing things 2025 has to offer and can't wait to share these changes and opportunities with you.


To begin, our long-awaited transition from Monroe County United Ministries to Pathways has finally arrived. Our new name highlights our focused organizational shift to the families of the Compass Early Learning Center. This year begins the exhilarating journey of creating pathways out of generational poverty and into financial success, stability, and opportunity for these families.


By focusing our efforts exclusively on the families of Compass Early Learning Center, we can combat poverty from multiple angles — through education, financial literacy, and financial resources and support. Although this approach is not all that different from our approach as Monroe County United Ministries, it will make all the difference to the families involved!


We wish you all the best in 2025 and hope that we can see your continued support through these exciting changes.

Examining Poverty

Intergenerational poverty arises primarily from two aspects: limited access and lack of wealth accumulation.


A person born into poverty won't have the same access as someone born into a middle-income or wealthy family. They won't have the same educational opportunities – either because of cost or location – and in the same vein, they won't have the same access to transportation, health care, means of communication, or housing. This greatly impedes an individual's opportunities in almost every aspect of life.


Wealth is often passed down from generation to generation, but this is not always possible for families stuck in the cycle of poverty. Historically, one of the largest avenues for intergenerational wealth accumulation in the United States was homeownership, passing down houses from generation to generation. Each generation gains access to a large asset for security, borrowing, and the potential to sell. Homeownership has largely been inaccessible to those in poverty, and they are stuck renting – many times in unsafe or unfavorable living conditions.


Intergenerational poverty is not simply an issue of money, that's why those trapped in it often need additional support and resources to gain financial security and stability.

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Updates From Us

You can check out our upcoming events: including our annual Paths to Prosperity event this February.

Upcoming Events

Our organization, alongside our amazing volunteers and donors, has been busy in our mission to help local families within our Compass ELC family. We're thrilled to share some exciting updates on all the great things happening at Pathways. Make sure to stay up to date on what we have been working on this past month.

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