October 8, 2025 - The Poughkeepsie Children's Cabinet unveiled its newly redesigned website, offering the community an enhanced digital...

The Poughkeepsie Children's Cabinet Executive Director Jill Roche Gomez joined education and community leaders from across the country at the 2025 StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network Convening to share how local government partnerships are creating sustainable change for children and families.

The Poughkeepsie Children's Cabinet brought together more than 40 leaders from across the youth development sector for the inaugural PK OST Summer Summit on August 19, 2025. Held at Shadows on the Hudson, the day-long event fostered collaboration, shared best practices, and strengthened connections among organizations working to enhance out-of-school time programs for Poughkeepsie's youth.

The City of Poughkeepsie's Choice Neighborhoods Initiative brought residents together for two energizing community events this past weekend, officially launching the Poughkeepsie Choice brand and deepening engagement around the resident-driven planning process for the Northside neighborhood. The Poughkeepsie Children's Cabinet, a key partner in the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative, supported the weekend's events alongside the Poughkeepsie Choice Neighborhoods team and Communit

After a 10-week intensive outreach campaign, the Poughkeepsie Choice Neighborhoods Initiative has successfully completed its Resident Needs Assessment, reaching 70% of households at both Martin Luther King Jr. Garden Apartments and Thurgood Marshall Terrace. The five Community Ambassadors, working alongside Poughkeepsie Children's Cabinet staff, achieved their target of 75 completed surveys, 46 at MLK and 29 at TMT, gathering critical data to inform the comprehensive Transfor

The Poughkeepsie City School District and the Poughkeepsie Children's Cabinet are launching the Early Childhood Community Champions initiative, creating a new system to support parents and caregivers of children ages 0-3 with evidence-based information about early learning and development. The program, part of the district's Full-Service Community Schools Bright Roads to Success initiative, aims to build shared accountability and ownership for kindergarten readiness through j

The Poughkeepsie Children's Cabinet joined the City of Poughkeepsie's inaugural Juneteenth celebration, participating in the parade and festival under this year's theme: "Lifting as We Climb: Rising in Power, Rooted in Solidarity." The theme recognizes the strength of collective progress and unity honoring those who came before, lifting one another in the present, and empowering future generations. For the Cabinet, the celebration provided a meaningful opportunity to connect

A delegation from the Poughkeepsie Children's Cabinet traveled to Harlem on June 14th to visit the Harlem Children's Zone's Community Pride program, exploring grassroots community engagement strategies that could strengthen Poughkeepsie's own approach to building neighborhood connections and resident empowerment. The learning visit brought together community engagement leaders from across sectors, including education, housing, and family services, reflecting the collaborative

The Poughkeepsie Children's Cabinet, in partnership with the Dutchess County Workforce Investment Board, convened business leaders, childcare providers, educators, and community stakeholders for the second annual Early Childhood Roundtable at the BOCES Conference Center. The full-day event addressed the critical intersection of childcare access, workforce participation, and economic development in Dutchess County, bringing together diverse perspectives to develop actionable s

Five Northside residents have completed an intensive six-week Community Ambassador training program, equipping them with essential skills to serve as trusted liaisons between their community and the Poughkeepsie Choice Neighborhoods transformation process. The comprehensive program, delivered by Poughkeepsie Children's Cabinet Community Partnership Director Matt Evans between March and April 2025, prepared residents of MLK Jr. Garden Apartments and Thurgood Marshall Terrace

On Wednesday evening, education visionary Geoffrey Canada brought his passion and decades of experience to Morse Elementary School, challenging Poughkeepsie to seize "your moment to change history" in the fight against intergenerational poverty.

The Poughkeepsie Children's Cabinet has been featured in a comprehensive spotlight by Harvard Graduate School of Education's EdRedesign Lab, highlighting the Cabinet's innovative approach to building a cradle-to-career system in the City of Poughkeepsie. The spotlight examines how the Cabinet is leveraging cross-sector partnerships, resident leadership, and data-driven decision-making to create coordinated pathways from early childhood through postsecondary completion for ove

A delegation from the Poughkeepsie Children's Cabinet traveled to Harlem on November 2nd to visit the Harlem Children's Zone's renowned Baby College program, gaining insights into evidence-based early childhood strategies that could inform Poughkeepsie's own approach to supporting families with young children. The learning visit reflects the Cabinet's ongoing partnership with HCZ and the William Julius Wilson Institute, which has provided technical assistance and supported th

The City of Poughkeepsie has been awarded a prestigious $500,000 Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Planning Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, launching a comprehensive two-year planning process to transform the Northside neighborhood. The grant will support the development of a resident-driven Transformation Plan centered on three interconnected goals: Housing, Neighborhood, and People, with a focus on reimagining the future of Martin Luther King

The Poughkeepsie Board of Artistic Youth (PK B.A.Y.) has established itself as a groundbreaking model for youth civic engagement in the city, bringing together 21 teen leaders ages 14-18 from across five local youth-serving organizations to amplify young voices in community decision-making through public art. Facilitated by the Poughkeepsie Children's Cabinet with support from the Wallace Foundation, this first-of-its-kind initiative in Poughkeepsie uses creative expression a

The Poughkeepsie Children's Cabinet, in partnership with Poughkeepsie City School District, Dutchess Community College, and community organizations, successfully co-sponsored the inaugural PK Youth Leaders' Summit from July 30 through August 1, 2024.

The Poughkeepsie City School District has been awarded a $2.5 million Full-Service Community Schools grant from the U.S. Department of Education—one of the largest federal grants ever secured by the district. The five-year award will enable the district to scale its Community Schools Initiative across all five elementary schools, bringing comprehensive, wraparound services to students and families throughout the city.