StriveTogether network members get better results for youth from cradle to career.
stories
from across the network
We capture and share learning from the across the Cradle to Career Network to inspire progress. These stories show what’s possible when network members work across sectors like education, health, housing and more to get better results for young people and their families.


ROC the Future
Rochester
ROC the Future Alliance is building strong cross-sector and data-driven civic infrastructure in Rochester, New York and advancing better cradle-to-career outcomes.
https://www.strivetogether.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ST_LearningsStory-ROC-the-Future.pdf

Bold Goals Education Coalition
Central Alabama
Bold Goals Education Coalition worked with Birmingham City Schools and postsecondary partners to launch a high-dosage tutoring initiative to serve all 42 schools in the district.
https://www.strivetogether.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ST_LearningsStory-BoldGoals.pdf

Learn to Earn Dayton
Dayton
In response to the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, one of Learn to Earn Dayton’s partner school districts, the Dayton Public Schools, provided direct interventions to improve proficiency in standardized test scores in an effort to bounce back from pandemic-related learning lags.
https://www.strivetogether.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ST_LearningsStory-LearnToEarn_D2.pdf

ImPACT East Idaho
East Idaho
ImPACT East Idaho, housed in the United Way of Southeastern Idaho, is advancing better outcomes in kindergarten readiness by partnering with the “ReadTalkPlay: Every Day” initiative in American Falls.
https://www.strivetogether.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/ST_LearningStory_imPACT-East-Idaho.pdf

Spartanburg Academic Movement
Spartanburg
Spartanburg Academic Movement is helping schools use data to reduce barriers to postsecondary enrollment by increasing FAFSA completion rates.
https://www.strivetogether.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ST_PostsecondaryOutcomes_Story-Spartanburg-Academic-Movement_Final.pdf

Higher Expectations for Racine County
Racine
In Wisconsin, Higher Expectations for Racine County is increasing postsecondary graduation rates by creating a college-going culture.
https://www.strivetogether.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ST_PostsecondaryOutcomes_Story-HigherExpectations_Final.pdf

The Commit Partnership
Dallas
The Commit Partnership is providing data support to school districts to drive increases in early grade reading.
https://www.strivetogether.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ST_EarlyGradeReadingOutcomes_Story-CommitPartnership_Final.pdf

Baltimore’s Promise
Baltimore
Baltimore’s Promise is reconnecting youth to career and postsecondary opportunities through the Grads2Careers initiative, which creates immediate opportunities for occupational skills training for Baltimore City high school graduates.
https://www.strivetogether.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ST_PostsecondaryOutcomes_Story-BaltimoresPromise_Final.pdf

UP Partnership
San Antonio
StriveTogether network member, UP Partnership, leveraged civic infrastructure to propel the community into action and secure nearly $25 million in ARPA funding for youth-serving organizations and to support youth mental health.
https://www.strivetogether.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/ST-ARPA-Infographic_Digital.pdf

Graduate Tacoma
Tacoma
Graduate Tacoma is working on improving postsecondary outcomes by addressing gaps in access to funding for postsecondary options, especially among families experiencing poverty.
https://www.strivetogether.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/FINAL_Graduate-Tacoma.pdf

Mission Promise Neighborhood
San Francisco
Mission Promise Neighborhood recognizes the expertise of Latinx families and has created spaces for them to lead.
https://www.strivetogether.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Mission-Promise-Neighborhood-Civic-Infrastructure-Assessment-Stories.pdf

Baltimore’s Promise
Baltimore
Baltimore’s Promise is shifting power to youth and residents to drive decisions about distributing resources.
https://www.strivetogether.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Baltimores-Promise-Civic-Infrastructure-Assessment-Stories.pdf

UP Partnership
San Antonio
UP Partnership’s research helped support a ballot initiative in the 2020 November election that will continue to provide $38 million in Pre-K funding.
https://www.strivetogether.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/UP-Partnership-Civic-Infrastructure-Assessment-Stories.pdf

UP Partnership
San Antonio
UP Partnership collaborated with the Children’s Funding Project to develop a fiscal map to identify, track and analyze all funding sources for programs and services supporting children and youth across Bexar County.
https://www.strivetogether.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/UP-Partnership-Civic-Infrastructure-Assessment-Stories.pdf

Bridgeport Prospers
Bridgeport
With American Rescue Plan Act funds, Bridgeport Prospers expanded their home visiting services and developmental screenings for caregivers and families across the state.
https://www.strivetogether.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bridgeport-Prospers.pdf

Bridgeport Prospers
Bridgeport
Bridgeport Prospers advocated for their community and received the only community-based COVID-19 4-CT grant, which was directly invested into a low-income public housing community.
https://www.strivetogether.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Bridgeport-Prospers-Civic-Infrastructure-Assessment-Stories.pdf

Learn to Earn Dayton
Dayton
Learn to Earn Dayton used data to improve college enrollment and graduation rates, with policy changes at three local universities.
https://www.strivetogether.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Learn-to-Earn-Dayton-Civic-Infrastructure-Assessment-Stories.pdf

Graduate Tacoma
Tacoma
Graduate Tacoma in Tacoma, Wash., partners with the Tacoma Housing Authority around a somewhat unexpected goal for a housing agency: postsecondary success.
https://www.strivetogether.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Striving-toward-systems-transformation-Graduate-Tacoma-February-2021.pdf

Higher Expectations for Racine County
Racine
Higher Expectations for Racine County created a unique cross-sector partnership between city government and education advocates.
https://www.strivetogether.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Striving-toward-systems-transformation-Higher-Expectations-February-2021.pdf

Cradle to Career Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Thanks to efforts from Cradle to Career Cincinnati, Cincinnati is building out a shared data system for eviction prevention.
https://www.strivetogether.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Striving-toward-systems-transformation-Cradle-to-Career-Cincinnati-February-2021.pdf