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Danbury Collective, A Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration to Help all Children and Families Have Opportunities to Succeed

This initiative aims to address the challenges faced by Danbury’s children and youth by pooling resources and working together in a coordinated manner to improve outcomes for all.

Isabel Almeida, president and CEO of United Way of Coastal and Western Connecticut, stated, “We are proud to announce the launch of the Danbury Collective, a multi-stakeholder collaboration that will aim to ensure that all children and families have full and equal access to opportunities to succeed in life. This is great news for the community of Danbury, Connecticut, as this initiative will help children thrive, from cradle to career.”

Thanks to seed funding from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, the Danbury Collective will work together with parents, students, and partners from government, business, nonprofits, and philanthropy to improve equity and outcomes for students in three key focus areas: early childhood education, chronic absenteeism and learner engagement, and youth mental health.

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