We Achieve Our Full Potential

achieve our full potential

• We have the education, skills and opportunities to achieve our full potential and lead meaningful, joyful lives.
• We have adequate income, resources and supports to live independent lives.

Kindergarten Readiness
United Way Success by 6 Strategic Planhttps://www.unitedwayaustin.org/success-by-6-plan/
Early Matters Greater Austinhttps://www.earlymattersgreateraustin.org/
Highschool Graduation
Blueprint for Educational Changehttps://e3alliance.org/blueprint/
Youth Services Mapping Systemhttps://ysm-austin.org/
Learn All The Time (Out of School Time Network)https://www.andyroddickfoundation.org/camps
Post-Secondary Completion
Blueprint for Educational Changehttps://e3alliance.org/blueprint/
Unemployment
2-Gen Networkhttps://www.unitedwayaustin.org/our-work/goals/advance-united/
Austin Travis County Master Community Workforce Planhttps://www.wfscapitalarea.com/about/community-workforce-plan/
Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CAPCOG)https://www.capcog.org/documents/2020-2025-ceds/
Skilluphttps://wfscapitalarea.skillupamerica.org/
Tesla and ACC Manufacturing and Technician Programhttps://www.austincc.edu/tesla
CAN Expanding Opportunity Forumshttps://canatx.org/initiatives/summit/
MECA Regional Economic Equity Planhttps://decacentx.com/
General
Digital Inclusion in Austinhttps://www.austintexas.gov/page/digital-inclusion-strategic-plan
Kindergarten Readiness
Success by 6 Strategic Plan, 2019-2023https://www.unitedwayaustin.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/SX6_2000DayJourney-web.pdf
Highschool Graduation
The Blueprint for Educational Change, E3 Alliance, 2021https://e3alliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/2021_Blueprint-Summit-Report_20210608.pdf
Housing Costs, Zoning, & Access to High-Scoring Schools, 2012, Brookings Institute https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Austin-8.pdf
Post-Secondary Completion
The State of Black Lives in Austin 2024https://wemeasure.org/the-state-of-black-austin/
Travis County Snapshot from the American Community Survey 2022https://www.traviscountytx.gov/images/health_human_services/Docs/acs_snapshot_2022_final.pdf
Student Success Practitioner Handbook, Austin College Access Network http://e3alliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ACAN-Student-Success-Practitioners-Handbook-091515.pdf
Unemployment
The State of Black Lives in Austin 2024https://wemeasure.org/the-state-of-black-austin/
Travis County Snapshot from the American Community Survey 2022https://www.traviscountytx.gov/images/health_human_services/Docs/acs_snapshot_2022_final.pdf
Work Force Solutions 2023 Industry Analysishttps://www.wfscapitalarea.com/reports-insights/labor-market/2023-industry-analysis/
Regional Economic Equity Development Planhttps://services.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=378459
Economic Recovery & Resiliency Frameworkhttps://services.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=361814
Workforce Solutions Stable Housing and Workforce Outcomes Reporthttps://www.wfscapitalarea.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/WFS-Stable-Housing-and-Workforce-Outcomes-May-2021-v2.pdf
2-Gen Network, United Way https://www.unitedwayaustin.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2-Gen-Strategic-Plan.pdf
Austin Travis County Master Community Workforce Plan, Workforce Solutions https://www.wfscapitalarea.com/reports-insights/strategic-plans/austin-metro-area-community-workforce-plan-2017/
Unemployment Insurance Claimant Demographics, Workforce Solutions https://www.wfscapitalarea.com/reports-insights/labor-market/unemployment-insurance-claimant-demographics-program-years-2016-2019/
Segregated City: The Geography of Economic Segregation in America’s Metros, 2015, Martin Prosperity http://www-2.rotman.utoronto.ca/mpi/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Segregated-City.pdf
Metro Monitor: An index of inclusive economic growth in the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan areas, March 2017, Brookings Institute https://www.brookings.edu/research/metro-monitor-2017/
Mission Capital Non-Profit Pulse SurveyPulse Survey 1 (March 2020) https://missioncapitalcovid19.org/pulse-survey-1
Pulse Survey 2 (May 2020) https://missioncapitalcovid19.org/pulse-survey-2
General
Austin Welcoming City Initiative, 2015 Final Report https://www.canatx.org/CAN-Initiatives/WelcomingCityInitiativeFinalReport9_4_2015.pdf
Those Who Left: Austin’s Declining African American Population, Institute for Urban Policy Research & Analysis https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/iupra/_files/pdf/those-who-left-austin.pdf
Outlier: The Case of Austin’s Declining African American Population, 2014, Institute for Urban Policy Research & Analysis https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/iupra/_files/pdf/Austin%20AA%20pop%20policy%20brief_FINAL.pdf
The Asian Community in Austin: a Demographic Snapshot, January 2016, CoA https://www.austintexas.gov/edims/document.cfm?id=252512
Texas Coordinating Council for Veterans’ Services Third Report, October 2016 https://www.tvc.texas.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/TCCVS_Report_2016.pdf
Digital Inclusion in Austin, 2018, UT Technology & Information Policy Institutehttps://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Telecommunications/DigitalInclusion/Digital_Inclusion_Final_Report_8.13.2019.pdf
CAPCOG, Research, Data, & Analysis focused on Central Texas https://www.capcog.org/what-we-do/data-maps/
Digital Access: An Opportunity to Improve Equity in Central Texas, Children’s Optimal Health, 2022https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/e7fa447a6a3e47a7889efbbafae9e644/page/Overview-%26-User-Guide/
Kindergarten Readiness
E3 Alliance Data Portalhttps://data.e3alliance.org/
Austin Family Resourcehttps://www.unitedwayaustin.org/family-resources/
“Navigating the Education System” Community Resource Guideshttps://wecanatx.org/resources/
Texas Department of Family Protective Services, Texas Childcare Providershttp://www.dfps.state.tx.us/Child_Care/Search_Texas_Child_Care/default.asp
Child Trendshttps://www.childtrends.org/
Early Childhood Texashttps://earlychildhood.texas.gov/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=ect_launch&utm_term=tea
Highschool Graduation
E3 Alliance Data Portalhttps://data.e3alliance.org/
Social Science Research Council, Common Good Forecaster: Explore How Education Affects Us Allhttps://measureofamerica.org/forecaster/
Social Science Research Council, Youth Disconnection in Americahttps://measureofamerica.org/disconnected-youth/
Unemployment
Skillpoint Alliance https://skillpointalliance.org/
Capital IDEAhttps://www.capitalidea.org/
“Managing Your Money” Community Resource Guideshttps://wecanatx.org/resources/
Texas Workforce Solutions, Labor Availability Estimatorhttps://www.wfscapitalarea.com/resources/labor-market-information/
General
Race Equity Action Framework Sections 4,5, and 6http://dashboard.canatx.org/race-equity-map/
“Navigating the Education System” Community Resource Guidehttps://wecanatx.org/resources/
Consumer Price Index, Inflation Calculatorhttps://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl
MIT, Living Wage Calculatorhttps://livingwage.mit.edu/