Cross Purpose (CO)

CrossPurpose is a non-profit organization abolishing relational, economic, and spiritual poverty through career and community development. CrossPurpose furthers Colorado’s work across systems and sectors to serve families with effective solutions to gain a living-wage job. We work to improve the services Colorado provides to families through enhanced employment services for low-income families and an employer engagement strategy. CrossPurpose and its partners Activate Workforce Solutions (AWS), The Bridge Network (TBN) and the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS) are working to address the “benefits cliff effect” for many families by using innovative partnerships to achieve breakthrough results. The Colorado partnership would like to enhance and scale tools already in use to help employers understand the resources available to families, how salaries and benefits interact with those resources, and the creation of a plan for the loss of those benefits as families strive to become more self-sufficient. Colorado plans for these tools to be used nationwide, relying on the expertise of families and employers.