Connect for Kids

Contact Information

Description of Organization

Connect for Kids makes the best use of communications technologies and strategies to give adults – parents, grandparents, guardians, educators, advocates, policymakers, elected officials and others – the tools and information they need to work on behalf of children, youth and families. Through policy communications support to the field of child and youth advocates, e-newsletters and the connectforkids.org website, Connect for Kids:

• Informs people about children's status in the community, state and nation;
• Highlights and supports the work of individuals and organizations that serve children, youth and families;
• Develops communications tools and strategies to help people address specific issues;
• Connects people to groups and organizations that act on behalf of kids;
• Encourages people and elected officials to vote with children in mind.

Dropout Recovery Related
Projects and Publications

Silent Crisis: Large Numbers of Youth Are Not Completing High School http://www.connectforkids.org/node/2776 has talking points and key data resources on the dropout crisis.

Re-Connecting our Youth e-updates (http://www.connectforkids.org/newsletters/re_connecting_our_youth) are designed to keep youth advocates informed about new resources, action alerts and other opportunities for improving policy and practice for older youth.