Connected by 25 Communications Initiative for Youth in Transition
Connect for Kids
- Program Education
- Program Area Success Beyond High School
- Grant Amount $100,000
- Grant Period January 1, 2005–December 31, 2006
- Location Washington, DC, United States
- Geographic Focus United States
About this grant
This grant will enable Connect for Kids (CFK) to provide strategic communications guidance to advocates and other stakeholders to broaden and inform the debate on improving systems of support for youth in transition.Multiyear funding will support efforts to fine tune messages on policy priorities; create messages to build support for policies and programs that help vulnerable youth make a successful transition to adulthood; provide communications support and direction to youth advocates; and collaborate with national groups to educate key state and national leaders on policy priorities for at-risk youth and models for improving cross-systems coordination.CFK is a multimedia strategic communications firm that provides communications tools and resources to educators, advocates and policymakers in their efforts to support children, youth and families.