Our work is guided by four System Drivers that ensure Norwalk children and youth thrive at every stage.
These four key “ingredients” are embedded into all of our efforts along the cradle-to-career continuum, from kindergarten readiness and early literacy, to middle school success, high school graduation, post-secondary attainment, and career pathways.
DATA
Norwalk ACTS believes that behind every data point is a child. We owe it to our children to know their larger story by collecting, connecting, and analyzing data over time across the cradle-to-career continuum. By grounding our work in data, we make more effective, responsive decisions that target real community needs, maximize existing resources, and create lasting change.
POLICY & ADVOCACY
Our policy and advocacy work equips community members and partners to drive civic action—advocating for equitable policies that support every child across the cradle-to-career continuum.
SOCIAL JUSTICE & RACIAL EQUALITY
We are committed to dismantling every barrier that stands between a child and their full potential. Driven by the urgent need to confront racial and systemic inequities in all their forms, our strategies actively work to remove the obstacles that keep children and families from thriving.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
We believe the people most affected by systemic change must be the ones shaping it. We are committed to centering the voices of community members most impacted by both the problems we face and the solutions we build—ensuring local lived experience directly guides the decisions that shape Norwalk's future.
MISSION
To collectively transform systems by ensuring resources, policies, practices, and power structures actively dismantle racism and drive equitable outcomes for every Norwalk child and young person
VISION
Norwalk is a connected and equitable community where every child and young person thrives academically, physically, and social-emotionally from cradle to career.
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