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We want kids to soar at every age so we connect them with the support they need to thrive from preschool through college and into their careers.
This includes ensuring that children and youth are ready for kindergarten, have success in school, and graduate high school ready for college and career. Specific strategies and approaches:
- Ensuring that children 0-5 have the supports they need to promote early development, and successful transition to kindergarten (e.g., home visiting, early literacy, preschool access)
- Providing literacy supports to ensure students learn to read by the end of third grade
- Providing learning and enrichment supports for students, especially those academically at-risk (e.g., afterschool and summer enrichment programs)
- Engaging parents and families to ensure they have the resources, tools and information needed to support their child’s development and school success
- Partnering with K-12 schools and community-based organizations to provide whole-school, wrap around supports
- Supporting youth to effectively transition to college and career (e.g., mentoring, internships, tutoring, college trips, career exploration, soft skills development, leadership development)
- Also includes specific efforts to close persistent gaps and disparities in educational access and outcomes
