Finding Funding: Supporting Making Connections Core Result that Children are Healthy and Prepared to Succeed in School

October 14, 2009 The Annie E. Casey Foundation's Making Connections initiative provides support to communities across the country to help improve outcomes for children and families in disadvantaged neighborhoods. The sites are engaged in a range of strategies and activities, reflecting local conditions and priorities, to ensure that Children are Healthy and Prepared to Succeed in School (CHAPSS). These efforts include: early learning, health services, literacy and tutoring programs, out-of-school time programs, parent outreach and engagement, and supports for schools and child care providers. Fragmented funding streams make it difficult for leaders to support children and families . . .