Economic Self Sufficiency

Local Programs, Services & Resources

• The Memphis- Shelby County Public Library & Information Center maintains an extensive Community Information File that includes information on local organizations and resources in a variety of relevant categories including employment, food pantries, home purchase assistance, money management, rent assistance, shelters, utility assistance, and others.
• City of Memphis Renaissance Business Center provides entrepreneurs and small businesses in Memphis with training, one-on-one counseling and information to assist in their success.
• Dress for Success.
• Jackson Central Labor Council
• East Memphis Business and Professional Women Association
• Memphis Chapter, National Association of Women Business Owners
• Memphis Community Development Partnership
• Memphis Family Shelter.
• Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association (MIFA) supports 20 local social service programs serving the greater Memphis area, including emergency food and shelter assistance.
• MidSouth Interfaith Network for Economic Justice (Living Wage Coalition).
• Mid-South Peace and Justice Center
• Tennessee Industrial Renewal Network
• Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition
• United Way of the MidSouth supports programs that assist children and adults with disabilities, build positive futures for youth, care for children and families in crisis, enhance senior lifestyles, improve literacy, education and training, provide emergency and disaster relief, and strengthen families.

National Programs, Services & Resources

• 9to5, National Association of Working Women
• AFL-CIO: Working Women Department
• Business and Professional Women USA
• Center for Women's Business Research conducts research on women owned businesses
• Count Me In champions the cause for women's economic independence by providing access to business loans, consultation and education
• Family Economic Self Sufficiency State Organizing Project - provides resources and technical assistance to community-based advocates and states on human resource investment policies.
• Family Support America
• Labor Project for Working Families
• The National Partnership for Women & Families is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that uses public education and advocacy to promote fairness in the workplace, quality health care, and policies that help women and men meet the dual demands of work and family. The site also includes dozens of links related to issues of Workplace Fairness.
• National Association of Women Business Owners
• National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education (NCWGE)
• MANA, A National Latina Organization
• Service Employees International Union
• Woman's Work
• Women's Institute for Financial Education.
• Women in Community Service Women's Programs partner with government, human service and other nonprofit agencies to move low-income women to economic independence.
• Work4Women provides tools, strategies and a virtual community to help increase women and girls' integration and retention in high-wage jobs that are considered nontraditional for women.
• Work & Family Connection
• Working Moms Internet Refuge