Nearly 100 business and community leaders gathered at the Club at Old Hawthorne November 19 for the 3rd annual launch of our community report card on Opportunity Pathways. Mardy Leathers, Director of Missouri Division of Workforce Development shared state updates and future directions in workforce development followed by C2CA’s key Read more…
Click below to learn more about the sessions, and to register. https://www.inclusiveimpact.org/event-info/state-of-inclusivity-2019-conference
Cradle to Career Alliance and Boone County partnered to receive Pritzker Foundation funding to increase Kindergarten Readiness through prenatal to age 3 interventions. Based on recommendations coming from our 2018 K-Readiness Community Status Report, identifying critical factors to improve children’s preparedness for school through two generation support, we are designing Read more…
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Cradle to Career Alliance among honorees at PWArchitects 40th Anniversary Celebration. PWArchitects, Inc. is celebrating its 40th Anniversary this month with an event that will benefit three youth-based organizations in our community. Please join us as we celebrate the past, look to the future, and honor our featured guests: Great Read more…
Thanks to KOMU for sharing info on our exciting Pritzker partnership with Boone County!
Cradle to Career is pleased to host a legislative update session regarding recent state policies affecting children and families. Join us in the Friend’s Room at the Daniel Boone Regional Library July 23, from 10 – 12. Kids Win Missouri is a coalition of organizations and individuals dedicated to improving Read more…
Through a partnership with Boone County, Cradle to Career Alliance is one of 8 counties and 29 communities selected by leading national organizations to be awarded a planning grant spearheaded by the Pritzker Family Foundation. The goal for funding is to increase Kindergarten Readiness through Prenatal to Age 3 interventions Read more…
That’s right! For those of you wondering what we’re up to…. Complete with all the tidbits, snacks and updates regarding work to increase educational equity within our community. If you haven’t already done so, feel free to contact us with your interest in receiving our quarterly newsletter, or email us Read more…
Solutions tailored to local needs…. Findings from the 2017 Cradle to Career Alliance baseline report showed increasingly large disparities for low-income and African American students across each educational milestone, peaking in sixth grade for both English Language Arts and Math by over 50% at Columbia Public Schools. Focusing on prevention, Read more…