Strive Partnership receives funding to drive better education results

Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky is one of six metro areas recently chosen to receive support from a $15 million fund designed to help local schools reach their education goals faster.  
 
The Cradle to Career Accelerator Fund, launched by StriveTogether, helps communities build a better education system by focusing on collective impact that supports children from birth through college.

Six communities were chosen to join a national network of more than 9,400 organizations helping improve education success for kids across the U.S.: All Hands Raised (Portland, Ore.); Commit! Dallas (Dallas County, Tex.); Graduate Tacoma (Tacoma, Wash.); Higher Expectations (Racine, Wisc.); Seeding Success (Memphis, Tenn.); and Strive Partnership (Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky).   

“This is another example of how Cincinnati is becoming a hub for innovation, particularly social innovation and education,” says Greg Landsman, executive director of Strive Partnership. “I think it’s critically important to tackle some of the most pressing challenges that face the country right here in Cincinnati and to do so in a way that has us leading the nation. It helps to further this momentum this city has.”

Strive Partnership supports local Cincinnati communities and organizations by focusing on getting people to work better together, ensuring data is used effectively and aligning resources to have the most impact. The fund will help the organization strengthen its capacity in focus areas and, in turn, provide support to local groups and partners.

Investments will not be broken up equally but dispersed based on each community’s goals and how it intends to achieve them. Each community will have its own way of tackling such an important issue, but the common denominator between all of these communities is to make sure every child is prepared for their education and supported throughout so they’re able to achieve post-high school success.  

More cities will join the Cradle to Career Network during a second round of competitive applications within the next year.

“We want to more effectively engage our partners in a personalized way so that everyone who wants to be part of this larger collective impact approach knows what’s happening, where they can plug in and where they can have the most impact,” Landsman says.
 
Do Good:

• Learn more about the Cradle to Career roadmap by visiting the group’s website.

• Follow StriveTogether’s progress on Facebook.

• Do your part by getting involved with your community and your schools.