Making Connections is the Foundation’s long-term, multi-site effort to demonstrate that poor results for children and families in tough neighborhoods can be changed for the better. The 10-year initiative began in 2009.
Activities have been and continue to be directed at achieving three core benchmarks for children and families:
Together, achieving these results constitutes a “two-generation” approach to combating poverty and creating opportunities for families: promoting family economic success for parents, and ensuring that children get a good start in life, succeed in the early grades of school, and are reading proficiently by the end of 3rd grade.
Our investments in 2010 support the final phase of Making Connections. Read about the Making Connections sites.