ALL KIDS ALLIANCE: Who We Are

ALL KIDS ALLIANCE is “the hub” for a network of Regional Councils building civic infrastructure to support children and youth in an eight-county area of greater Houston. The ALLIANCE is led by an influential Executive Committee representing multiple sectors of shareholders in our community: business, education, non-profit, faith community, and parents.

The ALLIANCE is staffed by professionals with a history of involvement with community-based reform, including specialists in data use and continuous improvement.

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ALL KIDS ALLIANCE: What We Do

The ALLIANCE creates capacity in Regional Councils to use data and continuous improvement processes for effective decision-making – all to improve outcomes for children and youth. Five “core principles” guide the work of ALL KIDS ALLIANCE and our Regional Councils:

1. Convene the village: All sectors of the community are at the table - business, non-profit, education and other professionals, faith, philanthropy, civic

2. Affirm the student roadmap to success: Supporting children and youth from cradle to career

3. Inform decision making with data: propagate "assessment literacy", which turns numbers and narratives into action plans

4. Employ a standard of continuous quality improvement: Quit tinkering with the system and reinventing projects, wave after wave. Instead, evaluate change interventions as we go and thread them forward, year after year.

5. Remain steadfastly accountable: Our communities deserve regular and timely reports on our progress and our challenges

Click the image above to view or download a slide show introducing the ALL KIDS ALLIANCE.