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WHO WE ARE
A City United for
Children's Success
Our mission is to connect all members of the Poughkeepsie community who support children in order to create and coordinate a cradle-to-career system of services, supports and opportunities that ensures every child can thrive in Poughkeepsie regardless of race, ethnicity, poverty or circumstance.
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By 2033, over 5,000 City of Poughkeepsie young people and their families will be connected annually to transformative cradle-to-career opportunities that place them on pathways to postsecondary completion and socioeconomic mobility.
As we advance community transformation by investing in our people, we will cultivate a critical mass of youth, civic leaders and institutions that are committed to ending intergenerational poverty and ensuring neither race, ethnicity nor circumstance stands in the way of anyone’s capacity to thrive in Poughkeepsie
Our North Star
Why 5,000 Matters
Youth in Poughkeepsie experience some of the lowest upward mobility rates in the nation.
Currently, there are 8,855 children and young adults under 24 in the city. Reaching 5,000 means that a majority of children and families will be impacted by this work.​
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Achieving our North Star will lead to :
Greater access to high-quality, out of school learning opportunities
Increased graduation rates and other measures of academic achievement
More young adults earning a living wage and building generational wealth for their families
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