Steering Committee: Katie Brady (Community), Mark Dennis* (Second Baptist), Andrea Densham (CNE), Bill Geiger (YMCA), Seth Green* (Y.O.U.), Kim

Hoopingarner (YJC), Jesse Ivory (Oakton CC), Joe McRae (City), Sara Schastok (ECF), Marybeth Schroeder* (ECF), Sue Schultz (District 65), Karen Singer

(YWCA), and Eric Witherspoon (ETHS).

* Presenting

Cradle to Career is about realizing Collective Impact in Evanston.

Collective Impact is about a group of stakeholders coordinating their efforts and working together to achieve clearly defined goals.

In 2006 community leaders from Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky joined together to target a problem of being “program rich and system poor”

Successes of the Strive Partnership:◦ 9% increase in kindergarten readiness◦ 11% increase in high school graduation◦ 10% increase in college enrollment

The Evanston Cradle to Career initiative is an effort to mobilize our community assets to make a lasting difference in the lives of our community’s children and youth

Our vision is that by age 23, all Evanston young adults will be leading productive lives, building on resources, education, and support

Started over a year ago with a large meeting that brought together many key stakeholders.

Regular meetings and organic growth since has solidified this partnership.

Key collective impact points found in the Evanston Cradle to Career model:

◦ Shared common vision of change and problem

◦ Shared measurement system of outcomes not outputs

◦ Mutually reinforced coordination, not necessarily collaboration

◦ Continuous high-level communication by top leaders in organizations

◦ Backbone support organization including, at minimum, a full-time coordinator and a data-analyst

◦ Realignment of funding to long-term commitment to shared goals and measurable outcomes

Steering Committee◦ The Steering Committee guides the work of the

Evanston Cradle to Career teams, coalitions and initiatives

Solution Design Teams◦ Solution Design Teams will develop a theory of

action, making visible the chain of events that is necessary to “move the needle” on shared measures

Community Coalitions◦ Community Coalitions will review the data related

to the topic area that they represent & provide feedback to the solution design teams

Evanston Cradle to Career will target:◦ Literacy

◦ Community stability including housing and poverty

◦ Mental and physical health and safety

◦ Career and postsecondary readiness

◦ Parent engagement

The majority of the funding for Evanston Cradle to Career will come from local partners, and every participating organizations will contribute something.

The initial budget is estimated to be $250,000 and will include staffing and benefits, data management resources, meeting and administrative costs, and fiscal sponsorship fees.

Date Activity

March 28, 2014 Community-wide meeting to launch C2C

April – June 2014 Support-building presentations to organizational boards

June 30, 2014 Participation agreements are secured from partners

July 2014 Partnering organizations meet to select Steering Committee

Aug. – Sept. 2014 Steering Committee sets timeline, hires staff

October 2014 Solution Design Teams & Community Coalition Launch

November 2014 Launch Baseline Data Analysis

$138,000 raised to date with $50,000 commitments from

each School District.

Committed Partners

Potential Partners (All Have Invited Board or Leadership Presentations)

Evanston Pastors

Fellowship

On behalf of the entire community, we request your advocacy, support and investment. This is our time to

collectively secure a better and greater future.