Regional Education Partnerships Grant

In order to ensure each child is challenged, prepared and empowered, everyone must work together. Collaboration will enable our children to gain the knowledge and skills they need to be successful, start a meaningful career and contribute to the economic vitality of Ohio. Fortunately, many communities have achieved this through Regional Education Partnerships. Regional Education Partnerships are critical collaboratives that bring together the leaders of early learning, primary, and post-secondary education, social services, business, nonprofit and community organizations to strengthen the education pathway for all children in their community.

At the center of the Regional Education Partnership is a backbone organization that acts as a managing partner to coordinate and lead the partnership’s work on a daily basis. This organization may be a new entity or an existing one with deep roots in the community. Functions of backbone include acting as the fiscal agent, fundraising, providing data support, etc. This grant is meant to fund these backbone organizations and pilot the expanding or enhancing of these partnerships.

Grantees

Partnership Name Applicant (Backbone) Organization
Learn to Earn Dayton Learn to Earn Dayton
Pickaway Works Regional Education Parntership Pickaway WORKS
Office for Advancing Strategy Partnerships Institutional Relations and Economy (ASPIRE) Miami University
Cradle to Career Cincinnati YMCA of Greater Cincinnati 
Southern Ohio K-6 Careers Ohio Valley Educational Service Center
Fairfield 33 Development Alliance  Fairfield County Economic and Workforce Development
West Central Ohio Regional Education Partnership Edison State Community College
Northwest Ohio Regional Education Partners Toledo Tomorrow 
East Central Ohio Regional Partnership  Cambridge Area YMCA Family Center
Gallia-Jackson-Vinton-Meigs Regional Partnership Gallia Jackson Vinton JVSD
Summit Education Initiative Summit Education Initiative

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