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New Community Partner: The Riverfront Children’s Center
Located in Groton, The Riverfront Children’s Center is immersed in nurturing the needs of children and their families through affordable, high-quality education and care. Serving 110 children from 12 weeks of age through 4th grade since 1983, the center is focused on creating a community where all children are safe and can receive the highest quality education while supporting their families.
Introducing Our New Board Member: Jessica Sager!
Named to the CARE 100 list of Americans doing the most to reimagine and rehumanize our care system, Jessica Sager brings her commitment to bettering childcare to the Board of Directors at Social Impact Partners.
Sager has committed her life’s work to children, ensuring that children and their families in under-resourced communities across CT and NY have the foundation for success in school and life. Since founding All Our Kin 25 years ago, Sager and her team have been able to serve 1,100 family childcare providers and partner with local organizations in 23 states across the county. Recently, Jessica was awarded the 2024 Heinz Award for the Economy, celebrating the vision and the spirit that produce achievements of lasting contributions to the Arts, the Economy and the Environment.
Introducing Our New Board Member: Juanita James!
Former CEO & Founder of the Fairfield County Community Foundation (FCCF) Juanita James continues her passion and personal mission to make a positive change in her community by joining the Board of Directors at Social Impact Partners, a Connecticut-based nonprofit committed to changing inequitable systems in early childhood education, postsecondary education and workforce development. James spent her for-profit and nonprofit career grounded in the value of higher education, leadership development and community engagement.
Board Member Highlight: Wes Alexander
When Wes Anderson connected with Mark Argosh in 2023 on the Governor’s Workforce Council, he shared, “I didn’t know if I had time for [Social Impact Partners] until I realized that it continues to meet my ultimate goal, which is trying to serve the people right around where I work.” Wes was drawn to Social Impact Partners’ vision of systematic change and impact on the marginalized populations across Connecticut, sharing he “had to support this mission, because it’s too valuable.”
Volunteer Partner Highlight: Tim Roof
Prior to joining Social Impact Partners in 2018, Tim Roof shared he “didn’t really appreciate how underserved a big portion of the state is.” Today, he is proud of how far the organization has come and the opportunity he has had to increase his “understanding of what all these different communities face [across Connecticut].” Tim brings a deep skillset in business management, strategic leadership and human resources management to Social Impact Partners and has been heavily involved in specific HR projects for a variety of our community partners, including SimplifyCT, Riba Aspira and more recently CSCU.
Sector Update: Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) June 2024
Social Impact Partners is excited to have been invited to partner with Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU). The overarching goal of this initiative is to help CSCU develop strategic priorities that meet the needs of students, families, employers, the CSCU system (leadership, faculty, staff), and the state and empower the system to thrive. CSCU has recently announced its partnership with Social Impact Partners –“ReNew CSCU”—emphasizing that developing and setting future strategic priorities will lead to a stronger CSCU and new opportunities for investment in the system.