Partners

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

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

211 – 211cny.com