Below we highlight several key milestones and accomplishments from the first two years of the Community to Community Impact Accelerator. For a full review of accomplishment and activities please read the C2C 2024 annual report.
RESEARCH ACTIVITY
| 31 | 30 | 15 | 12 |
| Funded Faculty including seed grantees and policy fellows | Faculty Affiliates representing 4 campuses and 8 colleges | Network Contributors from centers, institutes, and university divisions | Student Researchers from undergraduate to post-doc |
POLICY IMPACT
| 2023 | 2024 | ||
| Expanded the Boston Tuition-Free Community College Plan | Developed Job Matching Algorithm for Boston Summer Youth Employment Program | Boston’s Mayor’s Youth Jobs Guarantee and Largest Investment Ever in Youth Wages | Federal Funding to Track Police Traffic Stops in CT, MA, ME, and NJ |
EXTERNAL FUNDING
| Year 1: $665,000 | Year 2: $1,700,000 |
Six New Grants Seven New Grants
City of Boston, Boston Foundation City of Boston, Stupskie Foundation,
Hayward Unified, Lao Family Foundation Department of Justice, Department of Labor
National Worker’s Domestic Allliance Arnold Ventures, William T Grant Foundation
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Policy Convenings
| Building a More Holistic Career Development System for Boston’s Youth—Boston | Policy Equity for All: Advancing Economic & Workforce Development Opportunities Oakland |
| 150 Attendees | 200 Attendees |
| February 29, 2024 | March 29, 2024 |
PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA MENTIONS
| 36 | 21 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| External Media Mentions | Articles by NGN featuring C2C | Podcasts, op-eds, and editorials by C2C scholars | C2C policy briefs | Peer-reviewed articles | Research reports and working papers |
TRAINING PROGRAMS
| 65 Ph.D. students, post-docs, and faculty | 74 policymakers and practitioners |
| Training Researchers to Inform Policy (TRIP) | Designing Programs with Rigorous Evaluation |
SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM
| 2023 | 2024 | ||
| 150 | 10 | 165 | 23 |
| Boston area high school youth employed | Oakland area high school youth employed | Boston area high school youth employed | Oakland area high school youth employed |
