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Thank you for subscribing to Achieve Brown County's quarterly Cradle-to Career newsletter. Below you will find Achieve Brown County agency updates, StriveTogether and Network Partner news, local spotlights and successes, and youth outcome data for Brown County. Have thoughts on topics we should include in future newsletters? Let us know by responding to this email or reaching out to info@achievebrowncounty.org.

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Achieve Brown County has three pillars of work that guide how we create and support population level change in Brown County.

creating and maintaining a shared community vision.

We believe that ALL youth should have what they need to succeed.

So we bring together a diverse group of people from across Brown County to agree on what shifts to policies, practices, resources and power structures are needed to produce equitable cradle-to-career outcomes.

leading our county with evidence-based decision making.

We make evidence-based decisions using a process of rigorously collecting, analyzing, sharing and taking action with data (i.e., both outcomes and systems data), including youth and family perspectives and narratives, to make shifts in policies, practices, resources and power structures that produce equitable cradle-to-career outcomes.

facilitating and supporting collaborative action.

We believe in going beyond one-size-fits-all strategies. Volunteers of Achieve Brown County collectively create and adopt tools and processes and build the necessary knowledge and skills to make powerful contributions that shift policies, practices, resources and power structures leading to equitable cradle-to-career outcomes.

Great strides were made at our Wisconsin Partnership convening.

Leaders from all four StriveTogether organizations in Wisconsin (Building Our Future Kenosha, Higher Expectations of Racine County, and Milwaukee Succeeds) met to talk about shared priorities and bodies of work as well as goals for a future statewide policy agenda.

During our meeting, we were able to identify a birth-8 framework for our future policy agenda and see shared alignment for bodies of work around Kindergarten Readiness and Early Literacy in our local communities. We believe engaging with stakeholders statewide is key to paving a path for economic mobility for kids across our state.

We're excited to share more about our statewide work as the Wisconsin Partnership continues to meet throughout the rest of 2024.

Achieve Brown County is excited to share two NEW data dashboards that have just been approved to share with the general public!

BMI for Children Living in Brown County - Ages 2 to 9

Births by Race and Language for Brown County Children

This is the first time in our Community Information System's history that we can share interactive visuals of data straight to the public.

We believe every child deserves the ability to read.

In Brown County, only 1 out of every 3 kids (33.39%) can read at a proficient or advanced level by third grade. Reading for the Future is a community led initiative focused on increasing third grade reading proficiency in Brown County.

Check out our data dashboards to see how Brown County youth are currently doing. We invite you to join an action team and be part of the reason our community's kids can achieve more.

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cradle-to-career network news.

Achieve Brown County is part of the Cradle-to-Career Network through StriveTogether. That means, we are one of over 70 partners that is striving to achieve racial equity and economic mobility for youth in our local communities.

National News

StriveTogether

Blog Post

"After spending a week talking about the most complex global challenges, I remain convinced that the best way to change the world is through systems change." - Jennifer Blatz, StriveTogether, CEO

StriveTogether attended the World Economic Forum in Switzerland to accept the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship Social Innovation Award on behalf of the Cradle-to-Career Network.

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State News

Building Our Future

Podcast

Wisconsin Reading Corps is officially in Brown County as of this year! We are excited to see their progress and celebrate their successes.

Another Wisconsin based, Cradle-to-Career organization recently interviewed Eric Hoffman, Director of Wisconsin programs with Wisconsin Reading Corps.

Together, they shed light on the power of literacy and the strides being made to equip K-3 students with the essential reading skills they need in Kenosha County.

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Local Partner News

Green Bay Packers

News Article

The Green Bay Packers hosted "Timeout for Reading", an event focused on getting more books into kids hands and to get kids excited about literacy!

“So we’re really trying to do what we can to help [with low literacy rates] to get kids and families excited about reading and to get our literacy level up.” -Amanda Wery, Packers community outreach manager

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agency updates.

If you're looking for a meaningful way to make a difference, we invite you to explore our Amazon Wish List. Your support here helps us to keep our focus on serving Brown County and our community members. Thank you in advance!

Welcome to the team Ashley Bethke!

Previously a volunteer on an ABC Outcome and Action Team, Ashley now returns to work with Achieve Brown County as our Grants & Major Gifts Manager!

ABC celebrated Wello's successful annual meeting where they shared highlights of their most recent Well-Being Survey.

NEW Community Shelter opened their doors for ABC staff to volunteer on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Thank you for letting us help "Give-A-Kid-A-Book", Friends of the Brown County Library!

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