Goal #4 - Central Texas as a community prepares children to succeed.
Carlos Salinas, State Farm - Captain
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| Austin Area Urban League – life skills, youth empowerment, and youth employment partnership programs are designed to provide channels to success for students from traditionally challenged backgrounds. |
| Austin Partners in Education –channels business and community volunteers into the AISD district. |
| Austin Voices for Education and Youth – provides a voice to communities, especially students and youth, in improving our public schools. |
| Children’s Optimal Health – is a regional collaborative using data mapping to address the holistic needs of children, to help them be healthy and self-sustaining. |
| Faith communities, including the multi-denominational Austin Interfaith - lead the effort to involve neighborhoods and communities in schools. |
| Ready by 21 – is a coalition of youth services providers in Travis County aligning services and metrics to support youth who face challenges to achieve self-sufficiency by 21. |
| United Way Capital Area – The UWCA launched its Community Agenda campaign 3 years ago to understand and focus on the root causes of community need rather than just addressing the symptoms. One of three root cause platforms is education. |
