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Build a Generation highlights housing, food and childcare coalitions, national recognition and local funding
Summary
Build a Generation staff outlined the nonprofit’s collective-impact role in Lake County, described current initiatives (housing, food access, childcare, youth), recounted national recognition and grant funding, and invited county collaboration on data, outreach and town halls.
Representatives of Build a Generation (BAG), a Lake County nonprofit that facilitates cross-sector coalitions, briefed the Board of County Commissioners on the group’s history, initiative areas and funding during the work session.
BAG described itself as a backbone organization for local coalitions that address social determinants of health including housing, food access, childcare and youth leadership. The group said its mission is organizing Lake County to improve population health by addressing upstream causes such as housing affordability and access to healthy food.
Why it matters: BAG framed its work as long-term systems change rather than direct service delivery, saying the coalition model aligns public agencies, schools, nonprofit providers and residents around shared goals. BAG emphasized that coalition work has supported locally led projects including a resident-owned mobile-home…
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