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Future Ties - Helping Families Become Tomorrow's Successful Leaders

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Helping Families Become Tomorrow's Successful Leaders

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Video-https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2017/03/30/cnnheroes-maddox-orig.cnn
Article- https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/30/living/cnn-hero-jennifer-maddox-future-ties/index.html

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To get involved go to Future Ties Website- http://futureties.org/, you can also donate money.

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"I saw lack of opportunity, lack of resources, lack of community spaces for young people, and it sparked something inside of me."

"I do what I do because I enjoy it and I believe in their potential. I look at their faces every day, and they give me hope."

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For over 2 decades Jennifer Maddox has noticed the growing of violence in her community. There were 762 homicides in Chicago during those 2 decades. Jennifer decided that since the children were not feeling safe from losing their loved ones, she would create a new after school program. This new after school program was called Future Ties. There were 100 children in this after school program from K-5, and 1,200 children living in Parkway Garden Homes.

Jennifer Maddox has noticed in Chicago there has been a lot of violence. “We can’t arrest our way out of this” she says. There are 5, 6, and 7 year old’s losing their people, their loved ones. Even though she is a law enforcement officer she is also a mother, and a member of the community.  This has made Jennifer Maddox create a new after school program to make the children feel safe again.

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The children feel safer

Jennifer gave all the kids, more opportunities

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Jennifer Maddox got started with her foundation because she noticed that the city had lack of opportunity, lack of resources, lack of community spaces for the young people, so it sparked something inside of her that made her decide to make a after school program to make them feel welcome and belonged. At first Parkway Garden Homes was just her job to look after it, after she knew that she could do something to change this community she started her foundation.

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1. How has this impacted children as of right now?

2. Do the parents of the children have to pay for the program?

3. Is there only one building for this program or multiple?

4. How many children are in this program?

5. How many  people are there to watch the children?