Kresge Foundation / April, 2025
Last August, Kresge and several national funders worked with the U.S. Department of Education to host the summit on Strengthening Whole Child Communities: Raising the Bar from Cradle-to-Career held at Detroit’s Marygrove Conservancy. After the summit, Policy Equity Group started a learning community that brings together more than 40 local partnerships from across the United States. These groups work to support children and families from birth to career.
We also highlighted Oyler Community Learning Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, a birth-to-grade-12 school that includes health, vision and dental centers. Annie Bogenschutz, executive director of the Community Learning Institute, along with the resource coordinator at Oyler , explained their model and answered many questions.