STATEWIDE COLLABORATION, LOCAL IMPACT.
EPC communities learn with and from each other in service to our children, youth, and families, adopting and adapting what works well in another community to our own local community contexts. Our work is always locally-decided and community-driven, and never “plug and play.” In addition to our statewide collaboration, we are all active in the national StriveTogether network, learning with and from more than 70 communities across the country doing similar collective impact work.
Please click on the links below to learn more about each of our EPC communities and their lead organizations.
You can also click here to read highlights from 2024 for EPC and each EPC member organization.
Austin Aspires brings together community resources and families to challenge all learners to seek excellence and equips them to achieve results through shared community vision, evidence-based decision making, collaborative action, and investment and sustainability.
Children First works across the prenatal-to-profession spectrum to close opportunity gaps related to race, ethnicity and poverty, and to ensure all young people in the West Metro can realize their brilliance.
UWCM’s mission is to unite the community to create equitable environments, opportunities and support so that each child has what is needed to thrive and succeed in school and in life.
Cradle 2 Career mobilizes the community toward shared goals and actions, accelerating positive educational outcomes for Rochester’s children and youth.
Saint Paul Promise exists to transform learning, improve educational outcomes and spark abundant opportunities from cradle to career - for all children and families in Saint Paul.
Generation Next’s mission is to harness the community’s knowledge, expertise, and action to ensure that every child can thrive.
RiseUp Partnership is on a mission to ensure Goodhue County offers abundant opportunities for all young people to unleash their potential. We serve youth and families through caring, responsive programming, and we foster shared action among partners committed to supporting youth.
The NAZ mission is to end multi-generational poverty in North Minneapolis by building a culture of achievement where all low-income children of color have the support they need to graduate high school and succeed in college, career, and life.
HCI cultivates collaborative communities in Rice County that support, value, and empower youth.
PARTNERS
EPC and our nine member organizations partner actively with more than 600 organizations and individuals across Minnesota, including neighborhood volunteers, community-based organizations, local schools and school districts, county and state agencies, statewide coalitions, elected officials at all levels of government, and more.
We also partner with national subject-matter best-practice leaders who help us learn what’s working well outside of Minnesota, so we can ensure that our work is aligned with the best work in the nation.
With children, youth, and families at the center of our work, partnerships are the fuel that keeps us moving forward. We collaborate to make the highest and best use of available resources, improving both the efficiency and effectiveness of our public and private supports and programs.
These partnerships inform our policy work, as do the voices of children, youth, and families in our communities. We are frequent conveners of community meetings, and we bring community members to Saint Paul to meet with our elected officials.
Photo Credit: Healthy Community Initiative. Community Roundtable on Statewide Education-to-Workforce Data. In January 2025, we convened more than 60 community partners, agency leaders, and EPC youth advocates.