1. HARLEM CHILDREN’S ZONE

2. Principle 1: Neighborhood-Based, At-Scale Approach

3. Principle 2: Best-Practice Pipeline The HCZ Pipeline, or continuum, of services provides children and families with a seamless series of free, coordinated, best-practice programs. We focus on the needs of children at every developmental stage with specific programs addressing pregnancy, infancy, early childhood, elementary school, middle school, adolescence, and college.

4. What’s Happening  November 9-10 Changing the Odds Conference  December 3 Formation of a Hartford Working Group and subsequent Task Forces for data collection, funding opportunities, and community building  January 7 Tour of the Harlem Children’s Zone  March 2 Neighborhood Selection Recommendations  TBD Promise Neighborhoods RFP

5. Who’s at the Table  Hartford Public Schools  City of Hartford  Community Based Organizations  Funding/Foundations  Policy/Research  Government  University Representatives