PLANO, Texas, July 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Toyota, in
partnership with United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, along with its
formal grand opening today, announced the winner of its
$1 million Impact Grant. In
Collin County, there are
approximately 3,000 women, many with young children, who are
homeless. This is in stark contrast to an area where many large
companies are locating and thousands of new homes are being built.
The grant is intended to implement a program aimed at creating
self-sustaining independence for these homeless women and their
children. The grant-winners are a part of the newly formed Collin
County Mobility Collaborative.
The winners group currently includes Agape Resource and Assistance
Center, Family Promise of Collin
County, Hope's Door New Beginning Center, and Shiloh Place of McKinney.
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"We created this grant to encourage collaboration among
nonprofits with a focus on pressing mobility issues in North Texas," said Al
Smith, group vice president, Social Innovation, Toyota Motor
North America. "This holistic program aims to empower
homeless women and their children to overcome crisis and poverty,
helping them gain both physical and upward mobility."
Announced in January to engage the community in North Texas, the grant initiative ties into
Toyota's national focus of mobility for all. It aims to
empower like-minded partners to collaborate on physical and/or
social mobility issues in the local community.
The multi-pronged program includes efforts to:
- Provide safe and stable housing;
- Assist with reliable and affordable transportation;
- Facilitate childcare and youth development; and
- Improve earning capacity through education, job training,
certification and job placement.
The grant is a joint initiative between Toyota Motor North
America and Toyota Financial Services, administered in partnership
with United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, and provides funds over a
two-year period.
"By combining resources and sharing expertise, we can achieve
greater collective impact to improve the lives of these women,
their children, and generations to come," said Karen Ideno, vice president of product,
marketing, corporate social responsibility and communications,
Toyota Financial Services. "We look forward to working with the
collaborative, applying assets beyond dollars, to make a difference
right here in our new backyard."
Applicants, whether non-profit, academic, social entrepreneurs,
or others, were to submit unique ideas to help create new solutions
to existing problems through collaboration. United Way was part
of the independent panel and the process to review the
applications for the grant. The grant's terms required two to five
collaborative partners to come together to solve complex
issues.
"Solving complex community challenges requires much more than
investing in a single program," said Susan
Hoff, chief strategy, impact and operations officer, United
Way of Metropolitan Dallas. "Strong collaborations, such as the
Collin County Mobility Collaborative, provide a multi-faceted
approach to addressing pervasive and devastating issues through
both direct services and systemic interventions. United Way
of Metropolitan Dallas is proud to partner with Toyota to identify
effective solutions that will make a lasting difference for
families."
Collin County Mobility Collaborative was selected from more than
40 applications, representing approximately 150 nonprofits,
academic institutions and social entrepreneurs.
"Despite the rapid growth of Collin
County, there are many women and children in need," said
Janet Collinsworth, founder &
executive director, Agape Resource and Assistance Center. "Our
approach taps into the strengths of each of our organizations,
providing a holistic approach that addresses housing,
transportation, childcare, education and support services.
Through this effort our hope is not only to empower these women,
but also to create a model of collaboration with a program that can
be replicated."
About Toyota Financial Services
TFS is the finance and
insurance brand for Toyota in the United
States, offering retail auto financing and leasing through
Toyota Motor Credit Corporation (TMCC) and Toyota Lease Trust. TFS
also offers extended service contracts through Toyota Motor
Insurance Services (TMIS). Lexus Financial Services is the brand
for financial products for Lexus dealers and customers. TFS
currently employs approximately 3,100 associates nationwide, and
has assets totaling over $119
billion. It is part of a worldwide network of comprehensive
financial services offered by Toyota Financial Services
Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation.
We announce material financial information using the investor
relations section of our website (www.toyotafinancial.com)
and SEC filings. We use these channels, press releases, and social
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encourage those interested in our company to review our posts on
Twitter at www.twitter.com/toyotafinancial.
For the past three consecutive years, Points of Light has named
TFS one of its Civic 50, the most community-minded companies in the
nation. For more information about the company's support of
financial empowerment, youth development programs, and other
community initiatives, please visit
www.tfsinthecommunity.com
About Toyota
Toyota (NYSE:TM) has been a part of the
cultural fabric in the U.S. and North
America for 60 years, and is committed to advancing
sustainable, next-generation mobility through our Toyota and Lexus
brands. During that time, Toyota has created a tremendous
value chain as our teams have contributed to world-class design,
engineering, and assembly of more than 33 million cars and trucks
in North America, where we operate
14 manufacturing plants (10 in the U.S.) and directly employ more
than 46,000 people (more than 36,000 in the U.S.). Our 1,800
North American dealerships (nearly 1,500 in the U.S.) sold almost
2.7 million cars and trucks (2.45 million in the U.S.) in 2016 –
and about 85 percent of all Toyota vehicles sold over the past 15
years are still on the road today.
Toyota partners with community, civic, academic, and
governmental organizations to address our society's most pressing
mobility challenges. We share company resources and extensive
know-how to support non-profits to help expand their ability to
assist more people move more places. For more information about
Toyota, visit www.toyotanewsroom.com.
Media Contacts
Aaron Fowles
Toyota Motor North America
469-292-1097
Aaron.Fowles@toyota.com
Justin Leach
Toyota Financial Services
310-468-2762
Justin_leach@toyota.com
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