Mission Alabama/MBTS facilitates ongoing initiatives throughout the community  to  address the spiritual, physical, emotional and intellectual needs of   our region. We have been successful at creating partnership across  lines that have traditionally separated the  citizens of the Birmingham  region for generations. We work with partners  from the following areas  throughout the year: 

Our Initiatives 


Building Strategic Bridges

Reach My City is an online  community-wide program that
strategically connects organizations that meet  the needs of the poor in order
to maximize resources by preventing duplication of services. This system
features shared case management that can be used during times of disaster as
well as meeting the basic needs of individuals and families throughout the
year.

ICAREBHAM is an online volunteer  website for
individuals and organizations seeking to establish short-term or  long-term
volunteer relationships with community-based organizations. The  goal is to
customize the volunteer experience for the long-term philanthropic  strategy of
the organization.


Effective
Partnerships


Workforce Development - At MBTS we’re  committed to
workforce development initiatives as a means of stabilizing  families in our in
our urban and will communities. Our workforce development  initiative has a
three-point focus: Habilitate, Educate, Integrate. A major
cornerstone of our workforce development efforts is our case management team. As
the hearts and minds of families are transformed, isn’t working that they
acquire the skills needed to earn a  living wage

Educational
Innovation - At MBTS we are  committed to supporting education within
our region. As urban school systems  across the country develop innovative
programming to attack the educational  challenges that they face, s in BTS looks
for best practices and programming  and brings them to Birmingham. Our
educational initiative is divided into  three tracks: Fast-track,
On-track,  and Career-track.




Community
Transformation

Strengthening
Families - At MBTS we are committed to being a stabilizing factor in
the battle for  the family. Our strengthening families initiative has a
three-point focus:  the whole person, the whole family and the whole community.
Our  transformational model seeks to empower the individual, to empower the 
family, so that the family can be an agent of change in transforming the 
community.

Community Development - At MBTS we are
committed to supporting the redevelopment of our urban  core. Our community
development strategy has three major focal areas:  recapture, redevelop and
reinvest. Our housing development and homeownership  programs are committed to
recapturing in redeveloping distressed properties  and reinvesting the proceeds
for years to come.