Join Our Request to Support Proven Place Based Anti-Poverty Initiatives
The California Cradle to Career coalition represents over 650 organizations providing vital civic infrastructure to achieve racial and economic equity, serving over 1.4 million youth from cradle to career in California’s highest poverty communities.
Without action, state investments from cradle to career – ensuring pathways for teachers of color, kindergarten readiness, community schools, student mental health, community college linkages, and workforce development – may not achieve their intended goals, or reach communities at all.
Our coalition is positioned to ensure the effective and equitable use of $132,742,237 in existing state investments – $400M over 3 years – coordinating and providing services to children and families.
OUR 2025 ASK:
$17.5M one-time investment is an urgent community-informed request that will:
- Prevent a funding cliff that would imperil the pathway for 75,000 children to exit poverty
- Address equity gaps by expanding state support to 4 regional partnerships, and
- Sustain the oversight and evaluation infrastructure at the Department of Social Services who has effectively implemented this data-driven program
Safeguarding Communities Against Federal Threats While Maximizing Federal Aid
With widespread federal threats to our communities, these partnerships have built deep cross-sector alignment uniquely positioned to sustain the health and well-being of our most targeted communities.
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Promise Neighborhoods ensure trusted messengers for families to access critical food, housing, child care, and other services when they are afraid to engage directly with public programs.
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Regional partnerships coordinate across systems to meet urgent needs, such as student mental health resources, or aligning child welfare and schools to prioritize foster youth’s wellness.
Read more about this year’s budget request and stay tuned for more ways you can support California’s children and families.
If you have any questions, please contact Emmerald Evans at emmeraldevans@grace-inc.org.
Thank you,
The California Cradle to Career Coalition
The California Promise Neighborhood Network
The California Cradle to Career Collaborative
GRACE & End Child Poverty in California
CA FWD
StriveTogether
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