CSSP works with Lawrence Community Works(LCW) to help families build assets, escape poverty and rely on each other through informal but powerful social networks. LCW is a national leader in network organizing – which helps communities create and sustain networks of relationships that empower residents to make positive changes where they live and in their own lives. LCW has used a “Network-Centric” approach to strengthening community by creating a new “environment of connectivity” – one where residents can more easily connect to information, opportunity and each other.