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 Impact Lvl 1: Children & Youth ; Diversity and Inclusion ; Education ; Workforce Development
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Last modified: June 12, 2017

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Welcome to the first Cradle to Career Newsletter Keeping you informed of the progress and status of our work. First a brief recap. The Cradle to Career Rotary committee convened in July,

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 A newsletter from C2G posted here for community awareness.

  

 

Welcome to the first Cradle to Career Newsletter 
Keeping you informed of the progress and status of our work.
 

July 2015 to October, 2016

First a brief recap. The Cradle to Career Rotary committee convened in July, 2015 and through October, 2016 accomplished these items:
  • Aligned around education as a critical community gap
  • Gathered data, held community interviews
  • Obtained a grant to conduct a community literacy summit
  • Researched 10 cities across U.S. using the StriveTogether framework
  • Had conversations with national leaders on literacy and education
  • Based on our research, broadened our scope: To improve educational outcomes from birth to workforce by bringing people together across the community who care about children - from parents and educators to civic leaders and local employers - and who can accomplish more by working together.  
  • Added community members to the Rotary Literacy committee and changed the name to the Cradle to Career Committee.
 

November, 2016

In November, 2016 the Cradle to Career Rotary committee and the United Way of Olmsted County combined forces as we were both focused on the same goals. We began to build a coalition, and together we
  • Determined approach: Collective Impact
  • Held coalition partner meetings; 28 local organizations supported the cause and became partners by publicly supporting the effort and committing to participate in the summit
  • Created the Data Walk - 33 slides of local data that demonstrate how our community is performing around educational indicators
  • Consulted with StriveTogether
     
 

April 2017

On April 21, 2017 we held the Cradle to Career Community Summit attended by 200 community leaders. The state of Rochester education was conveyed via a data walk built by United Way. Cradle to Career was introduced to the community by Jeff Edmondson, Managing Director, StriveTogether and Charley Nelson, Executive Director, Every Hand Joined, Red Wing, MN. 
 

C2C Community Summit Video

The session was taped and can be accessed below.
 
Community Summit 
April 21, 2017
Click to view video

Cradle to Career Planning Team

 
Immediately following the summit, a meeting was held with potential backbone partners. Jeff Edmondson led this session. 45 people were in attendance with these major outcomes:
  • Attendees unanimously voted 'yes' to continue and support the work
  • Created a high-level plan to move forward via a planning team including participant groups, an elected facilitator, draft schedules and deliverables. The participant groups would be representatives of 15 cross-community entities.
     
Since this time, the Cradle to Career Rotary committee has invited leaders from those entities to participate in the planning session, created a charter and timeline. The community participants representing those entities are as follows:
Cradle to Career Planning Team
 
 
As requested at the summit, this Cradle to Career Planning Team will build recommendations around a community vision, outcomes, indicators and a structure to drive the Cradle to Career initiative forward in a sustainable way.  The team has held an initial kick-off meeting and laid out a high-level plan.  The original backbone members, and the community will be asked to learn about, provide input and approve these recommendations preparing to formally launch the organizational structure and the work. After this time, the Cradle to Career planning team will phase out as the community approved structure launches.  
 
The United Way will provide some interim administrative and communications support to the Cradle to Career Planning Team during this planning process. For example, the United Way will assist with the some of our more urgent items including communication support,  such as this and subsequent newsletters, to help ensure transparency with the community about the work that is taking place.
 

What you can do

Here are some things that you can do today as the planning team prepares the community recommendations:
  • Everyone can learn more about the StriveTogether framework and the 70 cities that are having success today at www.strivetogether.org.  
  • You can share this work with others in the community and ask them to subscribe to our communications.
  • You can encourage those not able to attend the summit to watch the video.
 
Thank you for your participation, your enthusiasm, your time and your skills.
 
If you have comments, input and/or feedback, please contact us at cradle2career2017@gmail.com .
 
Please feel free to forward this newsletter to others, including your boards, colleagues, friends and family.

 

 

 

  

 

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Other Developing and Executing on Cradle to Career Plan Pinned Reports

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May 06, 2024 : Free FAFSA Support for Community Based Organizations
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January 12, 2024 : Cradle to Career Parent Council
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December 19, 2023 : 2023 C2C Announcements and News
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Impact Lvl2: C2C: Prenatal-K Development, C2C: Kindergarten Readiness, C2C: 3rd Grade Reading, C2C: 8th Grade Math, C2C: Post-Secondary, C2C: Workforce Participation, Higher-Education

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December 03, 2023 : Increase Access to Prenatal Care Co-Design Project
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April 22, 2021 : C2C 2021 and 2020 Annual Reports
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October 16, 2018 : Cradle to Career publishes community report
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Impact Lvl2:

Cradle to Career published Community Report and recruiting Collaborative Action Network (CAN) conveners for Kindergarten Readiness and On-Time Graduation.


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Pinned Cradle to Career organization and project reports

. Project Report of Developing and Executing on Cradle to Career Plan : October 01, 2024 : Early Childhood Resource Hub Launch
Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education
Impact Lvl2: C2C: Prenatal-K Development, C2C: Kindergarten Readiness

The Early Childhood Resource Hub, a collaboration between C2C and IMAA, aims to connect Olmsted County families with young children to various resources and services.

 


Project Report of Developing and Executing on Cradle to Career Plan : July 27, 2024 : C2C Summer 2024 Sparklers
Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Metrics
Impact Lvl2: C2C: Prenatal-K Development, C2C: Kindergarten Readiness, Higher-Education

Newsletter Highlights:

Systems Change Designation; Data Updates; Network Updates; Contributors


Project Report of Developing and Executing on Cradle to Career Plan : May 06, 2024 : Free FAFSA Support for Community Based Organizations
Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Education, Funding
Impact Lvl2: C2C: Post-Secondary, Higher-Education

5/6/2024 Announcement: CBO hosting a College Financial Aid Event to receive $1000 grant

Cradle 2 Career (C2C), Rochester Public Schools (RPS), and Arch to Philanthropy are launching a College Coordinator Pilot to provide College Based Organizations (CBOs) resources for College Readiness.


Project Report of Developing and Executing on Cradle to Career Plan : January 12, 2024 : Cradle to Career Parent Council
Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education
Impact Lvl2: C2C: Prenatal-K Development, C2C: Kindergarten Readiness, C2C: 3rd Grade Reading, C2C: 8th Grade Math, C2C: HS Graduation

Info from RPS Family Engagement Meeting


Project Report of Developing and Executing on Cradle to Career Plan : December 19, 2023 : 2023 C2C Announcements and News
Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Workforce Development
Impact Lvl2: C2C: Prenatal-K Development, C2C: Kindergarten Readiness, C2C: 3rd Grade Reading, C2C: 8th Grade Math, C2C: Post-Secondary, C2C: Workforce Participation, Higher-Education

Dec 2023 Leadership Table Membership

Oct. 2023 C2C Second Annual Education Summit

Jan. 2023 Data Analyst Job Opening. 


Project Report of Developing and Executing on Cradle to Career Plan : December 03, 2023 : Increase Access to Prenatal Care Co-Design Project
Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Parenthood, Workforce Development
Impact Lvl2: C2C: Prenatal-K Development

We invite parents, family members, healthcare providers, and others to help us increase healthcare access for pregnant people. Parents 15-19-years-old, with less than a high school education, and/or who are Black/African American face the largest care gaps.

C2C Admin Message

Compensated co-designer description


Project Report of Developing and Executing on Cradle to Career Plan : April 22, 2021 : C2C 2021 and 2020 Annual Reports
Impact Lvl1: Best Practice, Caring Relationship, Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Technology Enablement, Workforce Development
Impact Lvl2:

C2C Annual Reports: 2021, 2020


Project Report of Developing and Executing on Cradle to Career Plan : October 16, 2018 : Cradle to Career publishes community report
Impact Lvl1: Children & Youth, Diversity and Inclusion, Education, Workforce Development
Impact Lvl2:

Cradle to Career published Community Report and recruiting Collaborative Action Network (CAN) conveners for Kindergarten Readiness and On-Time Graduation.


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