Before / After Care Expansion
Offering every child enrolled in Metro Nashville Public Schools elementary schools extended learning opportunities is a way to address potential barriers that could impact student attendance rates and truancy rates. This initiative is another opportunity to enhance collaborative partnerships between families and community partners.
Early Literacy / Childcare - Raising Readers Nashville
When children have strong reading skills by third grade, they are set up for greater academic and financial success – for life.
That's why forming a solid learning foundation in early childhood is one of the most crucial things we can do to help all children succeed. The Mayor's Office is partnering with United Way of Greater Nashville in support of Raising Readers Nashville, a collaborative community group focused on improving the systems and structures that support Nashville's families and young children. Main objectives include Access to Early Childcare, Aligned Transitions to Pre-k and Kindergarten, Gain and Retain Educators, Nashville Area Early Childhood Training Collaborative, Health Resources for Families, Family Engagement, and Early Literacy Awareness and Book Access.
Mayor's Youth Council
The Mayor's Youth Council aims to engage youth across Nashville in civic and community projects that contribute to our city's ability to thrive and ensures that our younger generations have a voice in local government activities. The Mayor's Youth Council consists of high school students from public and private schools across Nashville and is sponsored by the Mayor's Office. As we continue our partnership with the Mayor's Youth Council, we seek to have one student from every high school in Nashville represented on the Council. The Mayor's Youth Council holds weekly meetings on Mondays at Oasis and meets with the Mayor twice a year.
My Brother's Keeper
My Brother's Keeper (MBK) Nashville aims to improve the lives of boys and young men of color (BYMOC. The Mayor's Office is partnering with MBK Nashville to help build their local capacity and serve as a government sponsor, with the aim of affecting systemic change across MBK's national milestones.