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Afterschool and Summer Learning
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Afterschool Policy Advisors Network
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Building Equitable Systems Begins with Infants and Toddlers
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CHAMPS: Cities Combating Hunger
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Nature Everywhere Communities
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Council on Youth, Education and Families
By:
- Lawanna Owens-Twaites
- Jessica Daniels Harrison
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Early Learning Nation
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Housing & Community Development
![man dancing in the street](https://www.nlc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Street-performer-featured.png)
Improving Community Health and Resilience through the Arts
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Help Desk on Shared Equity Homeownership
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Reconnecting Opportunity Youth and Young Adults
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Strong Southern Communities Initiative
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Student Reengagement
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