As a coalition, PIF’s strength lies in its partner organizations. National partners are central to advance federal policy and lend their expertise to local and state campaigns, and our local and state partners keep PIF grounded in the needs of communities and drive policy change at the local and state level. In addition, PIF’s unique multisectoral composition allows for collaborations across silos to advance access and expansion of public benefits for immigrant communities.
A key part of PIF’s strategy is to build networks of state and local organizations working to educate, mobilize, and build power in immigrant communities to assert their rights to public benefits and economic supports. Through policy advocacy and direct outreach to immigrant families, PIF and its partners are standing between poverty, illness, hunger, and homelessness. Part of what makes PIF so unique is our ability to connect a wide range of organizations from across the country and unite them in advocating for more resources and support for immigrants and their families.
Network Development
In an effort to maintain the strength of our network, we focus heavily on growing established relationships and investing in new connections In 2022, PIF spent the latter half of the year hosting meet and greets with organizations who were interested in increasing their involvement with PIF. By the end of that process, we met with over 65 organizations in 29 different states, helping us forge new connections and strengthen our network. We’ve also focused on targeted outreach to regions where we were missing critical connections. As a result of our network development efforts, PIF has grown by nearly 40% in the past 3 years.
New Connections
PIF has actively pursued stronger partnerships with networks that overlap or complement our own in an effort to more broadly and effectively disseminate our messages. Networks that focus on housing, food security, maternal health, and mental health have agreed to host webinars jointly, participate more fully in PIF’s working groups, and distribute our resources with their thousands of members. Partnerships with organizations with significant membership from immigrant communities have helped spread our message to individuals, families, and communities we are trying to reach. PIF has also focused on expanding our steering committee to encompass a multi-sectoral perspective, which includes partners that work on advocacy, health, housing, and grassroots organizing.
