We seek out the innovators and community leaders with the ideas and conviction to address some of the toughest challenges that prevent people from flourishing.
2025
Thriving Youth
Many foster youth face significant barriers to stability and belonging.
A lack of supportive adult relationships, limited access to safe and affordable housing, and unmet mental health needs create overwhelming challenges for young people transitioning out of care and striving to build independent, flourishing lives.
2023
Food Justice
Many US families are unable to buy enough food for their families.
Food insecurity can be related to lack of stable employment, lack of accessible and/or affordable transportation to and from grocery stores, systemic racism or racial discrimination, lack of access to affordable housing and/or healthcare.
2023
Maternal & Child Health
Many Women and families face significant challenges to adequate healthcare.
Inadequacies and biases within the healthcare system contribute to significant challenges in maternal and child health, particularly for Black and brown women.
2023
Healthcare Access
Affordable and accessible transportation is a significant barrier to equitable healthcare.
Low-income individuals, communities of color, elderly populations, and people with disabilities face significant barriers to health, ultimately leading to poorer health outcomes.
2021
Equitable Employment
Breaking the cycle of poverty.
Obstacles inside and outside of the workplace leave individuals who want to work, out of the economy. These obstacles can include lack of transportation, childcare, and/or adequate employee benefits/support and more.
2019
Housing Affordability
It’s expensive to be poor in America.
That’s why the Reconstruct Challenge launched in 2019 — to support Access Ventures in addressing housing insecurity and ancillary costs that trap people in the cycle of poverty.