Bring ĒMA to Your City!
A ready-to-launch model that equips nonprofits to keep families together.
ĒMA partners with values-aligned organizations to bring a proven, data-driven family preservation program to communities nationwide. From curriculum and training to systems and ongoing support, we've built everything you need.
Submit Interest FormOur Partners and Impact
ĒMA Affiliates are part of a growing national movement committed to keeping families together through mother empowerment. Through shared tools, training, and accountability, our partners are creating measurable change in the lives of mothers and children—proving that collaboration and consistency lead to stronger outcomes.
Benefits of Partnering with ĒMA
When you become an ĒMA Affiliate, you gain more than a program, you join a national community of values-aligned organizations committed to family preservation. We've designed every aspect of the ĒMA program—from curriculum and training to systems and data—so you don't have to, allowing your team and volunteers to focus on serving mothers with care and excellence.
ĒMA is a data-driven program model measuring outcomes across 11 domains of family stability. Our new Family Wellbeing Assessment (FWA) offers a holistic, relational, and data-driven way to support moms in crisis, generating a Family Stability Score (FSS) that quantifies a mother’s stability level over time. Key metrics include Family Preservation Rate, FSS improvement, and Learning Progress. Regular reports of full data analysis are also available.
Roadmap to Resilience and Empowered Parenting curriculums are research-based, trauma-informed tools designed to empower mothers in crisis and promote family stability.
Grounded in developmental psychology and education, these curricula are adaptable to meet the diverse and complex needs of at-risk families and can be facilitated by volunteer Advocates.
Structured learning tracks are made available to utilize in both one-on-one and group settings. A model that equips volunteer advocates to walk alongside moms in crisis while working closely with a local ĒMA Coordinator who offers wrap-around case management.
ĒMA trains and equips your entire team to deliver a high-impact, dignifying program for mothers in crisis. Through interactive, real-time virtual onboarding for Coordinators and comprehensive Advocate training for volunteers, Affiliates are prepared to confidently launch and sustain the program. Continued support from the ĒMA team helps ensure program fidelity, best practices, and long-term success.
ĒMA Affiliates join a growing national ecosystem of values-aligned nonprofits committed to family preservation. This network creates opportunities to learn from diverse contexts, share best practices, collaborate on innovation, and elevate collective impact across mission-critical communities.
Affiliates receive strategic development support through shared grant templates, impact data, storytelling assets, and guidance from ĒMA’s Advancement team. Whether pursuing local grants, major donors, or government partnerships, ĒMA equips Affiliates with the tools and credibility needed to secure sustainable funding for program growth.
Every Affiliate is paired with an Affiliate Manager and supported by EMA’s National Programs Team, ensuring personalized coaching, program fidelity, and operational excellence. From onboarding to quarterly reviews, our team walks alongside yours to troubleshoot challenges, celebrate progress, and strengthen long-term program outcomes.
Trellis is EMA’s custom-built program management platform designed to simplify the work of Coordinators and Advocates. With features like client assessments, action plans, advocate onboarding, matching tools, data dashboards, and outcome tracking, Trellis ensures smooth operations, real-time insight, and consistent program delivery across all Affiliates.
Learning Tracks Designed for Moms
Empowered Parenting
Empowered Parenting is an 8-week, trauma-informed parenting curriculum that equips moms with practical, research-based tools for raising children with confidence and connection.
Advocates guide moms while focused on listening, asking meaningful questions, and encouraging growth.
Topics Included:
- Attachment & Connection
- Meeting Basic Needs
- Responding to Life Stressors
- Discipline vs Punishment
- Disruption & Reconnection
- Role of a Parent
- Safety
- Home & Family Values
Roadmap to Resilience
Roadmap to Resilience is a 4-week, conversation-driven crisis management curriculum that equips moms with practical tools, guided activities, and immediate support to navigate seasons of crisis with confidence.
Designed for the mom with immediate concerns that require attention before settling into a longer curriculum.
Topics Included:
- Building a Support System
- Managing Emotions & Stress
- Parenting in Crisis
- Setting S.M.A.R.T. Goals
Is the ĒMA Program Right for You?
ĒMA Affiliates don't just implement a model, they step into a shared mission to prevent family separation and build pathways to lasting stability for mothers and children. We partner with organizations who are ready to collaborate together, measure what matters, and pursue redemptive impact.
Affiliate Partners Commit to:
Operating in values-aligned partnership
Leading with humility, transparency, and redemptive practices, stewarding the program well, and communicating openly to ensure long-term sustainability.
Delivering the ĒMA model with integrity
Following the core curriculum, providing vital supports, and implementing the program as designed so every mother receives consistent, high-quality care.
Putting the right people in place
Affiliates designate strong leadership, staff a full-time ĒMA Coordinator, and engage trained volunteer Advocates to deliver the program with consistency, care, and excellence.
Using Trellis to support moms & measure impact
Affiliates use Trellis—ĒMA's custom-built program platform—to manage day-to-day operations, support mothers, coordinate Advocates, and track progress, outcomes, and impact in one centralized system.
Invest in learning, collaboration & outcomes
Participating in training, meetings, and shared learning across the ĒMA Network—including quarterly national calls and the annual Mother Advocacy Summit to accelerate learning and share best practices.
10 Steps to Launching ĒMA
Launching the ĒMA program is a guided, collaborative process. Affiliates receive hands-on support, training, and coaching to build strong foundations, align systems and staffing, and prepare for a successful and sustainable launch!
Discover
- Interest Call
- Submit Application
- Complete Discovery Call
Prepare & Train
- Review Proposal & Finalize Funding Plan
- Sign Memorandum of Understanding
- Attend 2-Day Affiliate Training at ĒMA HQ
- Begin ĒMA Program Preparation
Launch
- Sign Affiliate Agreement
- Activate Advocates & Client Referral Pipelines
- Launch ĒMA Program!
Interested? We'd love to meet you.
Please take a few minutes to complete the short form below and tell us a bit about your organization. From there, we'll be in touch to explore bringing ĒMA to your community!
Submit Interest Form