![]() ![]() Current ProjectsĬabinet members are involved in the following cross-sector work: ![]() With equity and wraparound as ongoing priorities, the Cabinet’s work is currently focusing on Out of School Time and Early Childhood. Creating and sustaining equitable opportunity for all of our young people is an overarching priority of the City and Schools the Somerville Children’s Cabinet was created to coordinate cross-sector work towards this goal.Ĭurrent Priority Areas & Projects Current Priority Areas Coupled with an influx of more affluent residents, income disparity is on the rise, affecting many of the children in our school system where 40% are considered economically disadvantaged. Somerville has seen a rapid escalation in the cost of housing in recent years, leading to financial strain and housing insecurity for many families. Approximately 3,300 of our residents are under 5 years old and a further 4,900 are enrolled in Somerville Public Schools where, between them, they speak over 50 languages. “Diversity is our strength!” Somerville is historically a gateway city and, since 1987, a sanctuary city welcoming immigrants from around the world. The 2017 population was estimated at 79,983, which, coupled with its small footprint of 4.1 square miles makes it the most densely populated city in New England. Somerville is a vibrant city located immediately to the north-west of Boston, MA. Lisa Brukilacchio - Community Health Improvement CHA Greg Nadeau - Somerville Education Foundation Lisa Kuh, Director of Early Childhood Education Jose Mendez, Out of School Time Coordinator Susana Morgan - SPS Communications and Grants Director Sarah Davila - District Administrator of Programs: English Learner Education, Family and Community Partnerships ![]() Jill Lathan - Parks and Recreation Director Nomi Davidson - Somerville Family Learning Collaborative Director ![]() Jeff Curley - Superintendent’s Chief of StaffĬhristopher Hosman - SomerPromise Directorĭoug Kress - Health and Human Services Director The Cabinet aims to be explicit about using an equity lens both internally as we strategize, and externally as we operationalize our work. The SomerPromise initiative of the City’s Health and Human Services Department provides backbone support to the Cabinet. Subcommittees to support specific projects are formed as needed. The entire Cabinet meets monthly and is informed by separate meetings of the Out of School Time Taskforce, Early Childhood Advisory Council, the Somerville Education Foundation, the City Council and the School Committee. The Somerville Children’s Cabinet’s mission is to improve collaboration and communication between a cross sector network of School, City, and Community partners in order to mobilize and align the resources that optimize positive life outcomes for children and youth in our city. Work around common sets of measurement is beginning in key areas. Our vision is to create a stable, cross-sector network that supports positive outcomes for children, youth, and families in Somerville.ĭata analysts with Somerville Public Schools and the City’s SomerStat department inform evidence-driven approaches to our work. The Somerville Children’s Cabinet was formed in 2017 with the support of the By All Means initiative of the Education Redesign Lab at Harvard Graduate School of Education. The Cabinet shares the aim of the By All Means Initiative, to develop comprehensive child wellbeing and education systems that help eliminate the link between children’s socioeconomic status and achievement, and is guided by the 6 conditions of Collective Impact: ![]()
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