Improve the Lives of

Families with Backpak

Increase Family Success with digital goal tracking

Motivate with one-on-one coaching

Provide Digital Access with Chromebooks/Laptops

Why You Need Backpak

GOALS: 76% of people are more likely to achieve their goals when tracked¹
COACHING: those who use Coaching are 20% more likely to reach their goals²
LAPTOP: laptops will provide greater opportunities to the 1 in 5 Americans who are dependent on cell phones to access the Internet³

Backpak can impact families for $100 per family per month

¹ Michigan State University Extension
² United Way of NYC’s MoneyUP Initiative
³ Hud.gov

Backpak Application

The Backpak Connects App is an innovative platform that combines structured goal setting with the guidance of a life coach to empower families to transform their lives.

Accessed from any laptop, the application has one portal to connect to the families’ vetted resources and services. It is customized and populated with curriculum, registrations, and events. Community organizations may partner with Backpak to inform the user about the self-selected topics in which improvement is desired. This unique goal directed initiative is what will motivate families to change their lives.

Resources and services may include:

Children’s learning platforms
Children’s sports and activity registrations
Parent Education and Family programs
Financial Literacy
Healthcare including Wellness and Mental Health Services
Social Services
Workforce development
Career advancement
Food and Housing Security
Civic Involvement

Backpak Connects Life Coach

The Backpak Connects Life Coach and families will connect on assessing and tracking the goals families have set for themselves. New habits are adopted to achieve life goals to transform families’ lives and coaches will work with families to support their trajectory.

Coaches motivate results in families.

Setting goals will help to achieve high outcomes.

These include:

Higher graduation rates
More successful children
Parents more financially literate
Less crime engagement
Decreased drug addiction
Improved housing
Higher incomes, better jobs
Better physical and mental health

Backpak Connects Laptops

Backpak Connects’ combination of goal setting, coaching enhanced by supportive technology is our unique advantage. Backpak provides laptops with a custom dashboard, one portal, and training on the use of technology and how to navigate the dashboard. Our training improves digital literacy skills and the laptops increase the adoption of internet connectivity within communities wherein the digital divide has continued. Most importantly, the laptops are the vehicles for changing lives with technological support.