Forum for Community Solutions

Communities

The Aspen Forum for Community Solutions is excited to announce the 36 communities that have been selected to apply to the Opportunity Youth Incentive Fund. These 36 communities have been recognized for their focus on building and deepening pathways that achieve better outcomes in education and employment for opportunity youth. Community profiles include urban cities, rural towns and tribal communities and range from early developing to well-established collaboratives.

The list of communities and the backbone organizations/ collaboratives include:

Atlanta, GA	United Way of Greater Atlanta – Atlanta Ready by 21
Austin, TX	Workforce Solutions Capital Area – Austin College Access Network
Baltimore, MD	Family League of Baltimore – Success by 21 Collaborative
Blytheville, AR	Mississippi County Arkansas Economic Opportunity Commission – Poverty Reduction Impacts Destiny Empowerment (PRIDE)
Boston, MA	Boston Private Industry Council and Boston Opportunity Agenda
Chicago, IL	Mayor’s Office of Education
Cincinnati, OH	Strive – Strive Together
Dallas, TX	Commit!
Del Norte County, CA	Wild Rivers Community Foundation – Building Healthy Communities
Denver, CO	Rose Community Foundation
Detroit, MI	Excellent Schools Detroit
El Paso, TX	El Paso Community Foundation – El Paso Academic Collaborative for Academic Excellence
Estill, SC	Institute for Economic and Community Development at Clemson University
Greenville, MS	Mid-South Delta LISC – The Greenville Sustainable Communities Initiative
Hartford, CT	Capital Workforce Partners – Capital Region Education Council
Hopi, AZ	Hopi Community Foundation
Jacksonville, FL	Jacksonville Public Education Fund – Learning to Finish
Laguna / Jemez, NM	Laguna Community Foundation
Los Angeles, CA	Unite LA – LA Compact
Maine, Southern Rural	Muskie School of Public Service – Maine Youth Transition Collaborative
Miami, FL	Miami Foundation
Milwaukee, WI	Greater Milwaukee Community Foundation – Workforce Funding Alliance – Mayor’s Earn & Learn Program
Mobile, AL	Mobile Area Education Foundation – Mobile County Education Commission
New Orleans, LA	Partnership for Youth Development
New York, NY	JobsFirst NYC – Bronx Opportunity Network
Oakland, CA	Urban Strategies Council
Philadelphia, PA	Philadelphia Youth Network - Project U-Turn Collaborative
Portland, OR	Worksystems Inc and All Hands Raised
Sacramento, CA	Sierra Health Foundation – Positive Youth Justice Initiative: Sacramento County
San Antonio, TX	P-16 Plus Council of Greater Bexar County
San Diego, CA	San Diego Workforce Partnership
San Jose, CA	Kids in Common – The Children’s Agenda
South King County, WA	Community Center for Education Results – the Road Map Project
Tupelo, MS	CREATE Foundation
Tucson, AZ	United Way Tucson and Southern Arizona
Washington, DC	Community Foundation for the National Capital Region – Raise DC