Marin Promise Partnership Backbone Staff will continue to track and publish cross-sector, cradle to career COVID-19 Partner Responses. It will als communicate these stories to Partnership Funders. Click HERE to see the synthesis of Partner Responses to COVID-19 or HERE to watch a short 10 minute video presentation from the Leadership Council meeting. Click HERE
West Marin Collaborative is exploring ways to coordinate outreach among formal communication channels (Community Commons Connect, KWMR, West Marin Feed, SGVCC.org etc.) as well as integrate informal channels, especially ones in Spanish. West Marin Fund is contracting an interim project coordinator.
Marin County Free Libraries (MCFL) convened a working group to assess student internet connection needs so that funding could be pooled to efficiently match needs with resources in closing the digital divide for students across Marin.
County of Marin, the Marin County Office of Education, the Marin County Free Library, the City of San Rafael, the North Bay Children’s Center, Community Action Marin, North Bay Community Services, and Marin YMCA have collaboratively developed a program to provide emergency “pop-up” childcare services. Click HERE to see a flyer.
A number of Partners are adopting and/or strengthening their case management or wrap-around support approaches focused on students and families most impacted by structural inequity. Canal Alliance, has reallocated staff resources to triage and provide case management support to thousands of incoming requests for assistance. THS Success Network is meeting weekly instead
Equitable responses to the COVID-19 crisis include a focus on proactively connecting with 100% of students, adopting a “do no harm” philosophy, and ensuring that students who are most impacted by structural inequity receive the support and resources they need to achieve common goals and outcomes set for all students. Just as
