Grants

Expanding strategic planning and implementation work with four to six Texas school districts who have completed previous CCMR projects.

Providing college readiness support so that Central Texas students graduate from high school prepared for secondary education and jobs in high-demand fields.

Creating a new model for postpartum care, beginning with mental health and birth spacing, to improve the health of women and their babies.

Supporting growing, early-stage businesses working on market-based solutions for communities that also unlock earning opportunities for families and youth.

Building a value proposition for the regional health information exchange for payers, providers, and community stakeholders.

Providing HHSC with national best practices and beneficiary input to maximize benefits enrollment for eligible Texans, improving access to food and health care.

Supporting best-interest courtroom advocacy for children in the child welfare system including: providing family finding services to identify, locate, and contact relatives who may be willing to be placements or supports for children in care; providing early family engagement services immediately upon CASA’s court appointment to a new case; and engaging with the child and their family to identify support they need at the first hearing.

Building an equitable transition from high school diploma to meaningful healthcare careers for learners who are first-generation, from low-income backgrounds, and are people of color.

Expanding high-impact math tutoring program for middle school students in order to boost academic achievement and educational equity.

Providing support for children and teens to help ease their transition within foster care, mentoring for those aging out of care, and foster and adoption resources for families.

Supporting the implementation of the global Turn on the Subtitles initiative in South Africa to improve early-grade reading at scale.

Improving access to essential services for Central Texas residents and neighbors while bolstering partnerships with other organizations to serve the community more effectively.

Supporting the expansion of Braven’s proven model while piloting supplemental programming that provides targeted career support for students.

Supporting a broad-based coalition working to expand the understanding of interoperability to the “how” rather than the “what” and raise awareness of its importance in modernizing the K12 technology ecosystem.

Supporting enrollment growth, with a particular emphasis on dual enrollment programming.

Training underemployed graduates for high trajectory jobs and building their social capital for long-term career growth.

Advancing the practices and policies associated with improved, more equitable transfer student success at the state level.

Implementing a coaching model to address challenges and obstacles for college students along the path to a degree.

Developing a robust partner network and expanding career resources and services, which will, by the end of 2025, triple the number of students served to 37,000 and increase the job placement rate to 500 annually.

Scaling NPower’s innovative technology training program to two new markets while also developing the internal capacity to scale nationally.