About Bobbi
As a little girl, Bobbi wanted to be an anthropologist or a virologist, but her dreams diminished after spending a large portion of her childhood in the Foster Care and Juvenile Justice system. Despite system intervention upon aging out Bobbi was left homeless. After getting on her feet, Bobbi wanted to do something to change the outcomes for children and young people who have higher end system involvement so that every child and young person could see their fullest potential and fulfill their dreams.
Bobbi has spent the last eight years focusing on partnerships with Child Welfare systems and individuals that are most proximate to the issues to develop and co-create solutions that work for communities. Bobbi understands that the failures of our systems are deeply intersectional and these systems are often siloed. Bobbi believes that in order to get to solutions that eliminate poverty and disparities, we must partner authentically with communities and those most proximate to the issues, and work toward solutions that center community, and prioritize their needs to achieve community well-being.
Bobbi is the Founder and CEO of Proximate Solutions, where our neighbors, community stakeholders, and system stakeholders come together to build solutions to work toward a better future for our families and children.
Bobbi Taylor
Proximate Solutions work:
S.C.A.L.E.
We are currently running our program S.C.A.L.E. - Social Change Advancement for Lived Experience. A facilitated curriculum to foster leadership development support for lived experience partners. This curriculum aims to help individuals better understand the history of the child welfare system, anchor and position themselves as leaders with lived experience, and systems change to advance community based solutions.
(We are currently looking for support in getting more cohorts started.)
Navigating Systems
Secondly we want to support individuals who are currently navigating systems who are directly involved with child welfare or adjacent systems. This helps us better understand the current conditions of the system but more importantly provide the tools and information to individuals so that they can better advocate for themselves and their families, and hold systems accountable. (This is happening organically, with no fiscal support and we are hoping to get funding to help grow this effort by hiring a dedicated person to this - This is part of our 3 year program planning)
Project and Initiative Support
Lastly - We are open to supporting local and statewide efforts who are looking to strengthen and expand their lived experience partnerships, and together build possibilities. We are flexible in support based on the scope but would really like to position ourselves as facilitators or anchor supports for lived experience partners engaged in a way that strengthens the co-design outcomes.
