Eight Community Engagement Practices That Facilitate Stronger Decision-Making
At Afton, we think of community engagement as the process of collaborating with impacted groups and ensuring they influence the decisions that will ultimately affect them. It’s part of living out our values to center the human experience, collaborate inclusively, and prioritize justice. In fact, it’s the core of everything we do.
Partner Interview: Fair Chance Hiring
We recently sat down with the Fair Chance Hiring (FCH) Initiative’s Program Director, Steph Dolan, and co-facilitator, Liana Bran, to talk about the origins of this work, why it’s so important, and what impact it’s had to date.
Affording Quality Schools – Solutions and Remedies 1 and 2: Reinventing Funding Formulas and Services with Costs That Seem Fixed
This is the second installment of Afton’s five-part blog series, “How Districts Can Afford High Quality Schools, Despite Enrollment Decline,” aimed at recognizing school district financial challenges associated with enrollment decline and offering some actionable recommendations for school districts facing enrollment loss, with or without charter schools.
IL Gov. Pritzker Touts Early Childhood Focus in 2024 State of the State Address
Smart Start Illinois, which is an historic investment in the state’s early care and education (ECE) system, launched last year and is already improving access to quality child care and other critical services for young children and their families, while providing long overdue support for professionals working in the system.
