Our Services

Empowering families through support, education, and community programs.

A group of fathers and children sharing a joyful moment outdoors in southern Illinois.
A group of fathers and children sharing a joyful moment outdoors in southern Illinois.
Volunteers and community members collaborating in a neighborhood cleanup event.
Volunteers and community members collaborating in a neighborhood cleanup event.
Economic Development

Provides early-stage and/or emerging company technical assistance and cooperative services to businesses in the Southernmost IL Regions.

Strategic Planning

We provide planning, strategic, and organizational technical assistance to non-profit organizations, especially emerging ones, and government entities to enable a healthy business ecosystem.

Community Development
Fiscal Sponsorship
A group of fathers and children sharing a joyful moment outdoors in southern Illinois.
A group of fathers and children sharing a joyful moment outdoors in southern Illinois.
green plant in clear glass vase
green plant in clear glass vase

We focus on Quality-of-life concerns of the citizens in Alexander and Pulaski counties by providing technical assistance to existing non-profit organizations and fiscal sponsorship to emerging organizations

Where needed, we provide fiscal sponsorship to close regional service or organizational capacity gaps

Meet Our Key Regional Council Participants

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Bright living room with modern inventory
Bright living room with modern inventory
Bright living room with modern inventory

Connie Williams, City of Cairo

mayor Rodney Woods, city of mounds

mayor curtis marshall, Village of olmsted

mayor dean rogan, Village of pulaski

MAYOR BARB BIBLE, VILLAGE OF THEBES

KANCI hudson, CEO Community health & emergency, inc. (CHESI)

JODI johnson, director U of I Extension region x

tbd, director Southern 7 health department

Bright living room with modern inventory
Bright living room with modern inventory
Bright living room with modern inventory
Bright living room with modern inventory

JODI johnson, emergency mgr alexander county

JODI johnson, emergency mgr pulaski county

Meet Our entrepreneurs and Emerging Businesses

Building stronger businesses and brighter futures in southern Illinois