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Making Connections

CFPC serves as a results coach and lead on school readiness activities and as research and evaluation partner for the Des Moines Making Connections Initiative . Des Moines is one of ten community sites that are part of the Annie E. Casey Foundation 's Making Connections Initiative. The goal of the initiative is to rebuild inner-city neighborhoods and improve results for children through strengthening families, creating economic opportunity, and building social ties.

CFPC has produced a broad array of documents for the Des Moines Making Connections Initiative, which can be viewed from the Community Reports section of initiative’s home page. Documents include:

Making Connections Neighborhoods: Basic Demographic Info rmation and its Implications to Child and Family-Focused Strategies
Excellence and Equity: Closing the Achievement Gap in Des Moines Public Schools
Starting Early: Kindergarten Entry Assessments and Addressing the Achievement Gap in Des Moines Public Schools
Home Ownership and Poor Neighborhoods: Challenges for Polk County
Neighborhood Learning Partnership Report: Vital Records Show Need to Focus Attention on Inner-City and Minority Births

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	Iowa Initiatives Making Connections CFPC serves as a results coach and lead on school readiness activities and as research and evaluation partner for the Des Moines Making Connections Initiative . Des Moines is one of ten community sites that are part of the Annie E. Casey Foundation 's Making Connections Initiative. The goal of the initiative is to rebuild inner-city neighborhoods and improve results for children through strengthening families, creating economic opportunity, and building social ties. CFPC has produced a broad array of documents for the Des Moines Making Connections Initiative, which can be viewed from the Community Reports section of initiative’s home page. Documents include: Making Connections Neighborhoods: Basic Demographic Info rmation and its Implications to Child and Family-Focused Strategies Excellence and Equity: Closing the Achievement Gap in Des Moines Public Schools Starting Early: Kindergarten Entry Assessments and Addressing the Achievement Gap in Des Moines Public Schools Home Ownership and Poor Neighborhoods: Challenges for Polk County Neighborhood Learning Partnership Report: Vital Records Show Need to Focus Attention on Inner-City and Minority Births