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Stephanie Gambone
Executive Vice President
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Our Vision
To alleviate poverty and inequity through education and employment.
Our Mission
To create coordinated systems which promote academic achievement, economic opportunity and personal success.
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BUILDING A COORDINATED SYSTEM
$500M+ Aligned Funding
Coordinated Youth-Serving System
200+ Community-Based Organization Contracts $
resulting in
160,000+ opportunities for vulnerable youth in high quality education, employment, and training services
COLLEGE CAREER READY
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Scaling Opportunity
Backbone Coordination
Blended-Funding Strategy
Network of System Providers
Professional Development
Employer Engagement
Technical Administration / Support
Data Collection and Evaluation
Online Resources
Centralized Payroll / HR
Procurement
IMPACT
Leveraging Resources to Build Scale
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COLLECTIVE APPROACH
Poverty and Inequity are pervasive challenges that no one organization can solve alone.
Our approach centers at the nexus of workforce and education by uniting resources and policy to create a coordinated system of services.
Addressing Philadelphia’s dropout crisis
Addressing the skills gap for vulnerable youth
13 percentage point increase in the on-time high school graduation rate
29,000+ re-engagement opportunities provided
$230M leveraged from public and private sectors
18 industries represented in partnership, averaging 1,000+ worksites annually
$70M+ earned by youth via wages and incentives
$312 leveraged from public and private sectors
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Maintaining Momentum
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8. CoExIST Implementing Solutions Defining the Problem
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PYN – Theory of Convening
Defining the Problem
Implementing Solutions
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Session Discussion Questions
How can backbones leverage impacting policy that benefits all members?
What operating practices can be shared across organizations and facilitated by backbones that can create economies of scale?
How can the backbone facilitate relationship building to increase the capacities of alliances?
How can backbone organizations leverage support from funders, subject matter experts, vendors, policy makers and other partners to increase Alliance member’s ability to scale effectively?
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