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Kristine Argue-Mason

Kristine Argue-Mason serves as the By All Means Partnership for Resilience Community Lead. Kristine holds the distinction as the first full-time executive director for Partnership for Resilience, an Illinois non-profit corporation working to improve academic, health, and social outcomes for children by fostering trauma-responsive schools and effective family, school, health and community partnerships. She began her tenure there July 1, 2021. The organization was founded in 2016 and currently supports school/community partnerships in 27 school districts in south-suburban Cook County near

Building Strong, Sustainable Backbone Leadership: A Field Study of Cross-Sector Collaborative Organizations (Executive Summary)

This is the executive summary to the full brief. Through extensive interviews with leaders in the field about their experiences and reflections on the demands of their positions, this field study fills a gap in information about, and understanding of, what backbone leaders need in terms of competencies and skills as well as supports to effectively carry out these pivotal roles. Access the executive summary here and the full report.

"Every Student Known": Building Systems of Support Through Nashville's Navigator Initiative (Executive Summary)

This is the executive summary to the case study, distilling lessons from Metro Nashville’s experience in order to inform other school and community leaders interested in adopting personalized, relationship-based strategies to support children and youth. View the full case study, executive summary, accompanying video, and the Institute for Success Planning Virtual Learning session recording featuring Metro Nashville Public Schools leaders who participated in a lively panel conversation about the Navigator initiative.

Child Opportunity Index

The Child Opportunity Index (COI) measures and maps the quality of resources and conditions that matter for children to develop in a healthy way in the neighborhoods where they live.

County Health Rankings

Civic health is connected to how long and how well we live. The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps website provides a revealing snapshot of how health is influenced by where we live, learn, work, and play. They provide a starting point for change in communities.

Libby Schaaf

Libby Schaaf served as Mayor of her hometown Oakland, California from 2015 to 2023. Prior to being mayor, she ran Oakland’s school volunteer program, worked as an attorney, a mayoral and legislative aide, public affairs director at the Port of Oakland, and Council member. As Mayor, Schaaf led bold initiatives to make the city more equitable and resilient and broke records in violence prevention, housing production, and road repair. In 2016, she founded Oakland Promise, recognized by experts as “the most comprehensive cradle-to-career initiative of its kind.” By the end of her mayoral term