A Promising Future for Every Member of Our Region’s Many Diverse and Interconnected Communities
The North San Diego County Promise is a San-Diego-County-inclusive, collective-impact partnership that is united by a shared vision of all youth and adults reaching their fullest potential in college, career and life. Our intentionally collaborative, equity-focused and data-informed work empowers community members and expands success pathways. The North San Diego County Promise brings together organizations representing education, business, non-profit, government and faith-based communities, to strategically and efficiently align programs, services and resources to improve the social, emotional, academic and professional success of youth and adults throughout the North San Diego County region and beyond.
The North San Diego County Promise’s collective efforts are focused on inclusionary systems change and ensuring our marginalized communities have equitable access to educational, economic and life opportunities. Operating on a foundation of trust, honesty and transparency, the members of our partnership maintain when some among us are not succeeding, none of us is really succeeding.
Through the North San Diego County Promise Rugg Family Scholarship program, post-secondary-level financial support is provided each year to eligible scholars graduating from high school. From promoting Safety, Health and Well-being, improving the kindergarten readiness of young children, fostering Early Childhood Success, stimulating College and Career Readiness, increasing Post-secondary Success and Completion, championing Racial Justice, Equity and Inclusion and advancing Workforce Development, the North San Diego County Promise is committed to building a vibrant, prosperous and promising future for every member of the region’s many diverse and interconnected communities.
From promoting Safety, Health and Well-being, improving the kindergarten readiness of young children, fostering Early Childhood Success, stimulating College and Career Readiness, increasing Post-secondary Success and Completion, championing Racial Justice, Equity and Inclusion and advancing Workforce Development, the North San Diego County Promise is Committed to Assuring:
Every child enters school kindergarten-ready
Every third grader meets or exceeds grade-level reading proficiency
Every ninth grade student is on track to begin and graduate college and is career-ready
Every high school student graduates college and is career-ready
Every high school graduate enters and completes a post-secondary program
Every young adult secures a fulfilling, livable- wage job or career
Collective Impact: A Framework for Community-wide Effectiveness and Social Impact
Using a framework referred to as Collective Impact, the North San Diego County Promise and its partners have created a collaborative of individuals and organizations throughout the North San Deigo County region and beyond committed to the success of children, youth and adults, from cradle to college and through career. Through our data-informed, continuous-improvement approach to collaboration, we focus on the greatest needs of students and families, aligning our resources, and measuring our collective impact. The North San Diego County Promise maintains a shared vision of success for our diverse and interconnected service communities and continues to build and maintain bridges across sectors to ensure families living and working throughout the greater North San Diego County region thrive socially, culturally, academically and economically.