Mobilizing Community In Support of Children and Families
Meg O’Connell, co-chair,
The Allyn Foundation & SYRACUSE 20/20*
www.allynfoundation.org
Jaime Alicea,
Syracuse City School District
www.syracusecityschools.com
Marnie Annese,
Health Foundation for Western & Central New York
hfwcny.org
Kimberly Boynton,
Crouse Hospital
www.crouse.org
Dr. Cynthia Bright,
Pediatric Associates
Carolyn Brown,
PEACE, Inc.
www.peace-caa.org
Virginia Carmody
Literacy Coalition/Campaign for Grade Level Reading
onliteracy.org
Dr. Casey Crabill
Onondaga Community College
www.sunyocc.edu
Dr. Donna DeSiato
Superintendent East Syracuse Minoa Central School District
www.esmschools.org
Peter Dunn
CNY Community Foundation*
www.cnycf.org
Nancy Kern Eaton,
United Way of CNY
unitedway-cny.org
Robert Falter,
The Reisman Foundation
Lisa Fasolo Frishman
Independent Consultant
Susan Furtney,
Upstate Medical University
Rich Gasiorowski,
Onondaga County Department Children & Family Services*
Steve Gorczynski,
M&T Bank, ECA Business Council
Dr. Indu Gupta,
Onondaga County Health Department
www.ongov.net
Hon. Helen Hudson,
Syracuse Common Council
www.syracuse.ny.us
Dr. Linda LeMura,
Le Moyne College
www.lemoyne.edu
Linda Lopez,
Salvation Army
syracuseny.salvationarmy.org/
Mike Melara,
Catholic Charities*
www.ccoc.us
Sarah Merrick,
Onondaga County Department of Social Services
www.ongov.net
Dr. Arthur Owora,
Syracuse University
Theresa Pagano,
Partners in Learning, Inc.-MANOS Intergenerational Learning Programs
www.partnerscny.org
Stephanie Pasquale,
City of Syracuse
www.syracuse.ny.us
Ann Rooney,
Deputy County Executive for Human Services*
www.ongov.net
Lori Schakow,
Child Care Solutions*
www.childcaresolutionscny.org
Susan Serrao,
Healthy Families, Onondaga County
www.onhealthyfamilies.org
Kara Williams,
The Allyn Foundation*
www.allynfoundation.org
Margaret Wilson
Syracuse City School District
www.syracusecityschools.com
Randy Wolken,
Manufactures Association of CNY
www.macny.org
Laurie Black,
Director
Early Childhood Alliance
www.ecaonondaga.org
*Member of the Steering Committee
The ECA is financially supported by the Allyn Foundation, Health Foundation of Western & Central New York, Community Foundation of CNY and the United Way of CNY.

Strategic Alignment
Literacy Coalition of Onondaga County
The Literacy Coalition of Onondaga County is our community’s lead to the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, a national movement that focuses on an important predictor of school success and high school graduation—grade-level reading by the end of third grade. Our efforts include rebuilding what is now a chaotic system of early care and early grade education by using grade-level reading proficiency as a unifying goal; supporting community solutions to address lack of school readiness, chronic absence, and summer learning loss; and helping parents succeed in their critical roles as first teachers and best advocates. The centerpiece of our school readiness focus is Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. To date, over 12,000 little ones receive free monthly books mailed to them. The next phase of the Campaign is the More Hopeful Futures which seeks to accelerate our efforts by aligning with others in our community.
Literacy Coalition – onliteracy.org
Campaign for Grade Level Reading – gradelevelreading.net


Greater Syracuse HOPE Initiative
The Greater Syracuse HOPE (Health, Opportunity, Prosperity and Empowerment) Initiative is a collaboration of community members and leaders endeavoring to build a narrative around the poverty dynamics in the City of Syracuse and create a shared vision for moving forward to address critical issues in our community. These issues include severe concentrations of poverty among minorities in certain neighborhoods, inadequate and unsafe housing, lack of job opportunities, career pathways and subsequent high unemployment, low educational attainment and underperforming schools, poor health, neighborhood violence, crime and resulting trauma.
United Way – unitedway-cny.org

Green & Healthy Homes Initiative Greater Syracuse
Green & Healthy Homes Initiative Greater Syracuse is an effort to assist low-income Syracuse households in using less energy and creating homes free of health and safety hazards that may otherwise impact education and employment. This collaboration of the NYS Office of the Attorney General, Home HeadQuarters, the Health Foundation for Western and Central New York, local government entities and various community-based organizations received convening, facilitation and grant funding assistance from the Community Foundation.
Green & Healthy Homes – www.syracuseghhi.org

Dial 211
Dial 211 from your cell phone or landline anywhere in Onondaga for free help locating important resources in the early childhood system.
211 – 211cny.com






















