Goal #4 - Central Texas as a community prepares children to succeed.

John Sharp, Ryan Corp - Co-Captain
Carlos Salinas, State Farm - Co-Captain

Andrew Kim, Manor ISD
Joe Parker, David Chapel Baptist Church
Pete Dwyer, Dwyer Realty
David Balch, United Way Cap Area
Greg Hartman, Seton
Pat Forgione, Austin Independent School District
Diane Zuniga, Investors Alliance Inc.
Carl Richie, TXU
Elizabeth Christian, Elizabeth Christian & Associates
Matthew Dowd, VioNovo
Tom Glenn, Leander Consulting LLC

Community Partners working in this area include:

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.

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