And what does that look like in practice?

I think truly the parents are at the core of who we serve.

This last year, 2025, Widow Girl achieved a historic milestone of serving over 800 families across 10 different counties here in the Twin Cities metro area.

Part of our strength and demonstrating the parents are our core partner is to ensure their family needs, whether it's language and culture, being honored and recognized.

We serve a very diverse group of parents.

They come from many different backgrounds, different culture, and speaking quite a few different languages.

Here within Way2Grow, we made a commitment to the families that about 90% of the time, we're able to do what we call culture to culture, language to language matching from our staff to the families we serve.

What do you think is genuinely needed right now to build a system that meets families where they are and helps them get where they're going?