The Poughkeepsie Children’s Cabinet has joined the StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network and is now part of a national movement to help every child succeed in school and in life, regardless of race, ethnicity, zip code or circumstance. The Poughkeepsie Children’s Cabinet facilitates effective collaboration, supports the use of data to make decisions and aligns resources and efforts toward effective solutions – all aimed at putting more young people on the path to economic mobility.
Poughkeepsie is now one of more than 70 communities across the country with which StriveTogether partners to close gaps and create opportunities across education, health, housing and more. StriveTogether shares resources and best practices with its network partners in order to put more young people on the path to economic mobility. Together, the StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network reaches 14 million youth – including 8 million children of color and nearly one in five children living in poverty in the U.S.
“We refuse to settle for a world where a child’s potential is dictated by the conditions into which they are born,” said StriveTogether CEO and President Jennifer Blatz. “Across the country, communities in the Cradle to Career Network are demonstrating that you can get better results for kids when you unite around a common vision and use data effectively. We are excited to welcome The Poughkeepsie Children’s Cabinet into the Network.”
Jill Gomez, executive director of the Poughkeepsie Children’s Cabinet, said the cabinet is “invigorated by the vote of confidence from the StriveTogether network. Membership will allow the Children’s Cabinet to leverage StriveTogether’s nationally proven strategies to reduce silos of work and build equitable, collaborative local processes to collectively embrace community accountability and solutions to improve outcomes for our youth.”
Poughkeepsie Superintendent of Schools Dr. Eric Jay Rosser said, "Increased opportunities for our children and families continue to be an output of our school, home and community approach in Poughkeepsie. This is due, in part, to our strategy of not only championing student success locally but also with national organizations that have demonstrated success in communities like Poughkeepsie. Our involvement with the StriveTogether network will only strengthen our collective impact in Poughkeepsie. "
