The Eagles Foundation National Black Church Family Council Inc

Through our ongoing ministries, NBC Family Council will focus the majority of its financial support to the Tuscaloosa Area Breast & Cervical Cancer 1-Stop Resource Center and the Black Swann Fatherhood Initiative.

Within the population of our community we have recognized an underserved group of African American women who face the ills of breast and cervical cancer with little or no resources. We call this group the “working poor,” those women who work and live just beyond the poverty line but remain in poverty due to living and dependent expenses. This population of African American women’s income is usually within the $15,000 - $30, 000 and they usually have 2+ dependents. They can be found in our neighborhood supermarkets, healthcare services, kitchens of restaurants, and housekeeping services, to name a few. They are underinsured and in need of support that cannot be found in government agencies. Therefore, as a spirit-based, Christ-centered community organization, we feel it is our obligation to provide these African American women who suffer from the pain and financial burden of breast and cervical cancer a 1-Stop Resource Center.

Using various focus groups, we will identify the needs of the community we serve and implement a breast and cervical cancer survivorship program that will cater to the needs of breast and cervical cancer survivors and their families. Our target audience will be “working poor” African American women between the ages of 19 – 65 years. Through a collaborated effort with the American Cancer Society, DCH Cancer Center, Bethel Baptist Church Cancer Survivor Support Group and various community organizations, we are developing a program that will serve as a role model for other communities to follow. It is our hope that by opening our programs to African American women breast and cervical cancer survivors and their families, we can provide healing to depressed, despondent, and disillusioned African American “Working Poor” women of Tuscaloosa County, AL.

The Black Swann Fatherhood Initiative is an outreach program for the children of Tuscaloosa County who come from "fatherless" homes. Through statistical data we found that "fatherless" children are at the forefront of most problems that face children, including suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, high school drops, and crimes.

In collaboration with the Tuscaloosa City and County Boards of Education and the Tuscaloosa Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, we are developing programs and Think Tanks to address these issues and to implement plan of actions. For we know that if "You save a boy, you save a man; if you save a girl, you save a woman."

Through programs like these NBC will strive to "Create Healing Places of Hope" as we "Plant a seed of HOPE, Open a Door of FAITH, and Create a new mindset for SPIRITUALITY."