Center for Urban Families

Name

Center for Urban Families

Legal name

Center for Urban Families, Inc.

Website

https://cfuf.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Workforce Development and Family Services

NAICS

Individual and Family Services (6241), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Other Individual and Family Services (62419)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Family & Parenting Support Services (BPAGAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Co-Parenting, Father Engagement & Caregiver Inclusion Programs (EDACALAI)

Keywords

• Workforce development services
• Responsible fatherhood programs
• Family strengthening services
• Job readiness training
• Case management services

Headquarters

HQ city

Baltimore

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Federal Government Grants: CFUF receives federal funding through programs like the Economic Success Program ($918,850 - 22% of program funding) and Baltimore Responsible Fatherhood Services ($749,999 - 70% of program funding)
2. Foundation Grants: Grants from foundations including Kresge Foundation ($495,000 for BOOST initiative) supporting partnership with Baltimore City Community College
3. Individual Donations: One-time gifts, monthly giving programs, donor advised funds, qualified charitable distributions from IRAs, and gifts of stocks/mutual funds
4. Social Enterprise (Emerging): Morgan Stanley Strategy Challenge winning recommendation to monetize the evidence-based fatherhood curriculum and expand services as a fiscal sponsor for local organizations

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Center for Urban Families delivers free, intensive workforce-development, responsible-fatherhood, and family-strengthening programs to Baltimore-area residents. Core services include the STRIVE Baltimore job-readiness workshop, Back to Business small-business development, Baltimore Responsible Fatherhood Services, the Practitioners Leadership Institute, BOOST family coaching, and the Baltimore Child Support Advocacy & Awareness Network (BCAAN), all delivered alongside wraparound case management.

Product overview

The Center for Urban Families (CFUF) offers a portfolio of workforce development, fatherhood, and family strengthening programs. Core offerings include STRIVE® Baltimore (3-week intensive employment readiness workshop), Back to Business (3-day refresher training), Baltimore Responsible Fatherhood Services (8-week DADMAP-based program), and the Practitioners Leadership Institute (technical assistance for human services organizations). Supporting services include a Professional Clothes Closet, Homebuying Assistance Program, Bauder Scholars scholarship program, and Member Circles peer support groups. The BCAAN initiative focuses on community-wide economic mobility. CFUF also partners with Baltimore City Community College through the BOOST initiative for educational pathway connections.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• BCAAN (Baltimore Communities Assisting and Advancing Neighbors): A community development initiative constructing an economic mobility ecosystem using a multigenerational approach to assist residents of the greater Penn North Community with working economic success, power and autonomy.
• Practitioners Leadership Institute (PLI)
• Bauder Scholars
• STRIVE® Baltimore

Products and services

• STRIVE Baltimore An intensive 22-day job-readiness workshop for unemployed and underemployed Baltimore residents, covering professional skills, workplace behavior, and direct connections to hiring employers. Delivered in-person and virtually.
• Back to Business

Quantifiable outcome

• 57% of members placed in full-time employment upon receiving services
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and flagship.

• Baltimore City Community College (BCCC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership since 1999; joint initiative through Kresge BOOST program providing academic support, workforce training with industry certifications, and college credit toward certificates and degrees
• Whiting-TurnercoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLeading employer partner in construction industry; hired multiple CFUF graduates as Assistant Superintendents and tradespeople
• Mechanical Engineering & Construction Corporation (MEC²)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMechanical design and construction firm serving Mid-Atlantic hospitals, schools, offices, and industrial complexes; employs multiple CFUF graduates
• McCormick and CompanycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLeading employer partner in manufacturing; hired CFUF graduates for food production and operations roles
• Arnold PackagingminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEmployer partner providing packaging industry employment opportunities for CFUF members
• Vehicles for ChangecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner helping CFUF members purchase vehicles including the green Toyota Camry that helped Phillip McDaniels build his career
• Baltimore City Circuit CourtcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner referring individuals to CFUF programs
• Baltimore City Office of Child SupportcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partner working with CFUF on child support matters and the Baltimore Responsible Fatherhood Project
• Morgan StanleyflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvided pro bono strategic consulting through Strategy Challenge; CFUF won first place with recommendation to monetize fatherhood curriculum
• Jobs for the FutureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational nonprofit serving as Kresge's management and learning partner for BOOST initiative, providing technical assistance

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• The Doe Fund: New York-based nonprofit providing workforce development, transitional housing, and reentry services to formerly incarcerated and homeless individuals; comparable to CFUF in employer-driven placement, multi-year case management, and barriered-population focus.
• Per Scholas: National nonprofit providing tuition-free technology and professional skills training to individuals from low-income communities, with employer hiring partnerships; directly comparable to CFUF in training-plus-placement structure and barriered-population focus, but concentrated in tech occupations.
• Roca: Massachusetts-based nonprofit serving high-risk young men and returning citizens with workforce training, behavioral health, and case management; closely comparable to CFUF in wraparound service design, multi-year case management, and returning-citizen focus.
• National Fatherhood Initiative: National nonprofit dedicated to fatherhood engagement and responsible fatherhood programming; directly comparable to CFUF's Baltimore Responsible Fatherhood Services and DADMAP curriculum work, though primarily a curriculum/training organization rather than direct-service operator.
• STRIVE International: National workforce development network from which CFUF's STRIVE Baltimore program is licensed; the originating parent of the curriculum CFUF delivers, with affiliated sites across multiple cities providing a comparable training-to-placement model.
• STRIVE Baltimore (operated by CFUF itself): CFUF's own licensed STRIVE affiliate operating in Baltimore — included as a comparable program-level peer to highlight the direct delivery model; other STRIVE affiliates in other cities operate identical 3-week intensive employment-readiness workshops.
• Year Up: Workforce development nonprofit providing skills training and corporate internships to young adults from low-income communities; directly comparable in training-to-employment model, employer partnerships, and wraparound supports, though focused on a younger demographic than CFUF.

Broad incumbents

• Goodwill Industries International: National nonprofit workforce development and job training network with mission-aligned services for individuals facing barriers to employment; comparable to CFUF's STRIVE training and employer placement model but operating at vastly greater scale and geographic breadth.

Emerging players

• Jobs for the Future: National nonprofit focused on workforce and education systems change; comparable in mission and serves as CFUF's learning partner on the Kresge BOOST initiative, but operates primarily as a policy/intermediary rather than direct service provider.

Regional players

• Living Classrooms Foundation: Baltimore-based nonprofit providing workforce development, youth education, and community health services; directly comparable to CFUF in geography and target population, though broader in scope (includes maritime/kitchen training and K-12 STEM programming).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubevimeo.com/centerforurbanfamilies
• Facebookfacebook.com/pg/centerforurbanfamilies
• Instagraminstagram.com/bcaan.cfuf

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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