Connecting Communities

Urban Education Partnership creates learning environments that support high student achievement by strengthening families, schools and communities to support high academic achievement through collaboration.

Students succeed best in schools when the adults in their lives work together to improve the conditions of learning within and beyond school walls. These family-school-community connections are critical to support student achievement.

The Partnership works with schools to leverage parent and community resources as a vehicle for school improvement, and to form powerful social networks that improve economic opportunities, use resources collaboratively, outreach effectively, and generate lasting change.

For additional information about the Connected Communities programs please contact Ellen Pais at (213) 622-5237 Ext. 266.

Initiatives include:

• School Readiness: The Urban Education Partnership's Family Care—School Readiness home visitation initiative helps children from birth to five years old gain the skills needed to enter preschool and kindergarten ready to learn as well as help parents understand their important role in that process.

• Family Care—Health Initiative: The Partnership's Family Care Health Initiative increases community knowledge of physical and mental health issues so that families make positive changes in daily living habits and overcome health and social barriers to learning.