Non-Profits for School Change!

“Public education is the key civil rights issue of the 21st century. Our nation's knowledge-based economy demands that we provide young people from all backgrounds and circumstances with the education and skills necessary to become knowledge workers. If we don't, we run the risk of creating an even larger gap between the middle class and the poor. This gap threatens our democracy, our society and the economic future of America.” -- Eli Broad
      
New Haven’s strengths and needs are inextricably linked with its non-profits, who play a critical role in filling the gaps in our community.   In supporting students and families, non-profits help build capacity and hope, both of which are essential elements to this initiative.  Time and research have shown that access to higher education is the single most critical factor to developing inter-generational wealth and personal development within historically marginalized populations.  As such, preparing and enabling more low- and moderate-income children to attend college will go a long way to increasing opportunities for success for disadvantaged youth. 
 
To this end, New Haven Public Schools is partnering with United Way of Greater New Haven to launch BOOST, a program that will promote communication and coordination among schools, non-profit organizations and families in an effort to identify and remoe barriers to services. The program will evaluate wraparound services and their access for families in order to improve and refine services to meet critical needs.
 
To learn more about BOOST visit the website at http://uwgnh.org/boost/about.
 
BOOST Documents
 
BOOST Wrap Around Services-the set of services, both inside and outside of the school system, that help to ensure that students are ready and available to learn in the classroom.
 
New Haven Public Schools & United Way Announce Five Pilot BOOST Schools - New Haven Public Schools has announced the five schools that will pilot New Haven Public Schools’ Boost! program in the upcoming academic year. Boost! is a partnership between the City of New Haven, New Haven Public Schools and United Way of Greater New Haven to ensure all students in the district have the supports and services they need to learn and be successful in the classroom.  Click this link to read more.