Unattended Minor Consent-Waiver

A matriarch means something different to different people. To us, a matriarch is a woman who leads a family, group, or community, and builds her legacy by her influence. You do not need to be a mother, to be a matriarch.

Greatest MaS founders intentionally identified "daughters" because every matriarch may not be a mother, or even an aunt, but, "all matriarchs are daughters".

• We align our members with emergency essentials: clothing, food, household goods, temporary shelter, transportation, and other emergency financial assistance.
• We offer culturally-intelligent, holistic integrative re-entry and reunification services to matriarchs and families impacted by systems and institutions (i.e. foster care, incarceration, behavioral health services, substance use rehabilitation).
• We provide trauma-informed support and peer-supported advocacy in the form of information, referrals, crisis intervention, self-advocacy (including legal and medical), victim compensation assistance, and peer support groups to overcome trauma, mental health challenges, substance use disorder, and other risk factors to generational health.
• We align disadvantaged matriarchs with opportunities to improve generational health for themselves and their families, by offering resources and information about programs and services offered by other organizations and agencies.
• We align disadvantaged matriarchs with opportunities to grow generational wealth for themselves and their families by linking them to resources, education, and training for recession-proof and pandemic-proof employment and entrepreneurship.

• We are an organization BY-AND-FOR holistically healing trauma-impacted, socially-disadvantaged daughters of all ages, and their families.
• Our mission is to heal families and communities disproportionately impacted by generational trauma (e.g. incarceration, foster care placement, institutions, "War on Drugs"), to build generational health and wealth.
• Our PSP are trauma-impacted, socially-disadvantaged daughters of all ages, living at 30% AMI, especially with lived experience of Adverse Childhood Experiences ("ACES").

Our PSP is our: Priority Service Population. Our PSP is who we consider when we plan services, activities, and programs and who we align with for lived expertise, when designing and providing services, activities, and programs.

Of course not, our membership is open to all eligible individuals, despite their identifiers. Our services, activities, and programs are accessible by any eligible individual. However, Greatest MaS is PSP-centered, so all of our services, activities, and programs, reflect the needs of those we center.

Patriarchs of Progression Society is POPS. Basically, Greatest MaS founders made this nonprofit work (and, those meetings) look so lit, their sons pitched how unfair it was. POPS are a separate 501(c)(3) for holistically healing trauma-impacted sons, we collaborate with POPS, from time to time, though. We encourage matriarchs who have sons and brothers to consider aligning them with POPS, for services, activities, and programs that center their unique needs.

Membership is not required to participate in Greatest MaS services, activities, and programs, however, depending on how resources are announced and allocated, members may have an advantage over the general public, in accessing services. 

Per our bylaws, any individual who is eligible for our services, activities, and programs may not be excluded or discriminated against, regardless of membership status or class.

Greatest MaS has (3) levels of memberships. Dues are only mandatory for officers and board members. So, depending on the membership class you choose, you may have volunteer hour commitments, but otherwise membership is free.

We have (3) Classes of Membership, as per our bylaws:

Class 1: Reserved for board members and officers. Requires nomination, election, mandatory dues and volunteer hours to qualify. Includes voting rights and membership privileges.

Class 2: Open to any individual eligible. Does not require dues; does require mandatory volunteer hours, and participation to maintain qualification. Includes voting rights and membership privileges.

Class 3: Open to any eligible individual. Does not require dues or volunteer hours. Does not include voting rights; does include membership privileges.

AMI means Area Median Income, as per HUD. We may ask your AMI, to qualify you for affordable housing or other income-based services. Providing income information is optional, however, we may not be capable of approving you for some programs without your AMI. 

Greatest MaS prioritizes "meeting you where you are" and some of our people are more comfortable online than IRL ("in real life"). These virtual appointments are for those people. Also, for people who want to skip the wait, in-person. 

Give at your comfort level.

• Volunteer. If you have time, or services to offer, and are willing to complete training in the trauma-informed approach, we need you.

Remember we are a network.

• Become a member. Greatest Mas members use their voting power to guide us as we create programs and render services.
• Become a donor. As an IRS-recognized public charity, you may donate cash, property, or other assets, and receive a tax deduction (check our status here). 
• Become an ally. We are open to allies and "friend group" relationships with other nonprofits and also small businesses with common goals and purposes.

Many nonprofits have salaries and staff costs pre-built and prioritized within their budgets, Greatest MaS is a volunteer-supported, 501(c)(3) with an alternative leadership model. That means our officers and Board are volunteers, and we do not have employees. So, more of your donation reaches our PSP. Additionally, you may direct us to allocate your donation to direct payments to our PSP (e.g. emergency financial assistance).