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NICOLE MAYS JACKSON
FOUNDER & CEO
At 1 Care, our existence rests on our promise to our families and caregivers; to provide compassion, respect and support every step of the way of their care journey. 1 Care is in service to our families and caregivers to ensure they are supported and well equipped with the guidance, education, and resources they require to confidently create and cultivate healthy and thriving families. At 1 Care, no matter the circumstance, we promise to ensure that each and every family in our care feels supported, special, and important.
- Nicole Mays Jackson
As the youngest woman of color to own and successfully manage a business providing home and community-based services, foster care and adoption services, Nicole is a pioneer in her field; blazing a trail of regenerated, impactful and sustainable practices across the social services landscape.Driven by the mission of focusing on the forgotten in our communities, Nicole Mays-Jackson founded 1 Care Premier Services in 2015 to provide a comprehensive experience of care for individuals who foster and/or adopt children and provide care to persons with intellectual disabilities. Through her passion, knowledge and in-depth understanding and experience of home and community-based services, Nicole is reengineering the systemic structure of how fostering, adoption, therapeutic services and the care profession operates.
Inspired by her own experiences working in both the public and private sectors, and as a past observer of how care was provided to other families she previously worked with, Nicole sought out to disrupt the status quo of how individuals and families experience home and community-based services. Her recognition of the void in the market of barrier free, ongoing support and resources specifically and intentionally provided to families and caregivers within these systems led her to address the gap by designing a comprehensive service model that centers families through continuous engagement.
Going beyond the basis of service provision, Nicole curates seminars, webinars, instructional videos, community building events, and other content that offers guidance, support, education, and compassion for families and caregivers, ensuring that they are well-connected and equipped with the education they need to provide care to children and persons with intellectual disabilities. Under Nicole’s leadership, 1 Care is expanding rapidly, after which, she plans to show other women how to start their own agencies, and grow and diversify their brands. Her hope is to empower women to blaze their own trail, while simultaneously navigating the ups and downs of business and life.