• APPLY NOW for The Huddle on 5th!

    The Huddle on 5th is the first affordable housing project of its kind in California. If you are a single parent who works, resides, or attends school in Yolo County, apply for this new cohort today!

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  • RTB Featured in Raising Up Docuseries

    The fourth episode of Raising Up, a five-part docuseries following the experiences of U.S. student parents, spotlights our own cohort member Amonieka, as well discussing our housing project, “The Huddle,” which is set to open this fall.

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At Raise The Barr, we invest in the future of single-parent students and their families.

Single parents are resourceful, resilient, hard-working, and creative. They are always on duty, with little reprieve. And without the right resources, they often face barriers that other parents and students do not.

We partner with single parents pursuing degrees in California and Minnesota, along with their children, to remove these barriers and create vibrant futures.

Our Programming Model:

Our programming model brings to life our mission, which is to increase opportunity and economic mobility for single-parent families through higher education. While we place single-parent students’ lived experiences at the center of our work, we support the wellness of both parent and child simultaneously to create opportunity and economic mobility for both generations:

An Approach That Works

Here are some of our wins from FY2023. View our 2023 Annual Report.

Together We Can Tackle Poverty, Two Generations at a Time.

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