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myFutureNC Local Educational Attainment Collaboratives

Launched by ncIMPACT Initiative

2 Million by 2030 lapel pin

In 2018, the ncIMPACT Initiative at the UNC School of Government (ncIMPACT) and myFutureNC, with support from the John M. Belk Endowment, Dogwood Health Trust, and UNC Rural, launched a pilot program supporting 15 local educational attainment collaboratives across North Carolina, seeking to significantly increase the number of students successfully completing post-secondary credentials of value in the workforce: a degree, credential, or certification. These collaboratives offered an organized way to respond to community challenges that no single institution or even an entire sector can effectively tackle.

This effort was aligned with the state’s legislative goal of 2 million individuals between the ages of 25-44 who possess a high-quality credential or postsecondary degree by 2030.

Project Managers
myFutureNC Local Educational Attainment Collaboratives – Program Managers, pictured at the UNC School of Government

 

 

Our Reach

 

This project brought together 15 teams from 41 different counties across North Carolina. Teams were comprised of local schools and colleges, workforce development boards, non-profit organizations, and other efforts with aligned missions. Each collaboration formed with a new name, as shown in this map legend.


LEAC project teams Map

 

What We Accomplished

Hear from myFutureNC Local Educational Attainment Collaboratives team leaders about their work – in their own words! Thank you to EducationNC for partnering on the capture and production of these audiograms.

 

 

Learn More

ncIMPACT’s Anita Brown-Graham explains more about how the myFutureNC Local Educational Attainment Collaboratives work was conducted in this short video about “doing this differently.”

 

 

Contact Us

Anita Brown-Graham, Professor & Director, brgraham@sog.unc.edu

 

This project is a collaboration between:

 

Funding for this work was provided by: