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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.

Mission Promise Neighborhood recognizes the expertise of Latinx families and has created spaces for them to lead.

Baltimore’s Promise is shifting power to youth and residents to drive decisions about distributing resources.

Milwaukee Succeeds is lifting up perspectives from child care providers serving Black and Latinx families to inform strategy and giving power and money to youth to redesign high school education.

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.

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.

With American Rescue Plan Act funds, Bridgeport Prospers expanded their home visiting services and developmental screenings for caregivers and families across the state.

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.

Bright Futures has shifted its focus to reducing systemic racism, including shifting time and resources to large-scale systems change.

Learn to Earn Dayton used data to improve college enrollment and graduation rates, with policy changes at three local universities.

Marin County Partnership has developed a partnership-wide commitment to racial equity, including racial equity goals and a racial equity statement.

Waterbury Bridge to Success Community Partnership established a team to increase culturally responsive policies and practices that improve outcomes for Black, Indigenous and Latinx students.

Graduate Tacoma is partnering with local leaders to administer $750,000 in ARPA funds for expanded countywide learning programs targeting youth of color and youth living in poverty.

Graduate Tacoma in Tacoma, Wash., partners with the Tacoma Housing Authority around a somewhat unexpected goal for a housing agency: postsecondary success.

Higher Expectations for Racine County created a unique cross-sector partnership between city government and education advocates.

Thanks to efforts from Cradle to Career Cincinnati, Cincinnati is building out a shared data system for eviction prevention.