When ROC the Future set out to find a new co-chair for the Whole Child Outcome Team (WCOT), Jasmin Vega emerged as an obvious choice. Despite joining the organization just two months ago, she’s made a powerful first impression. At every Parent/Family Partner meeting,...
With more than 30 years’ experience serving the Rochester community as a pediatrician, professor of pediatrics, and community health expert, Laura Jean (L.J.) Shipley, M.D. is a key contributor to ROC the Future Alliance’s Whole Child Initiative (WCI). She’s a...
Vision By 2032 Rochester will be A Whole Community for Whole Children—a city that values children and their families and prioritizes them in every way possible to ensure they thrive. Goals The Whole Child Initiative (WCI) has the overarching goal of improving health,...
ROC the Future Alliance is a collective impact initiative bringing together a coalition of partners working towards a shared vision of academic success for every child. We are a member of the StriveTogether cradle to career network, a national movement impacting the...
The Whole Child Initiative is gearing up to launch an exciting new program this summer called Parent Café’s. Be Strong Families, a Chicago-based nonprofit that is internationally known for teaching the Parent Café model, came to Rochester in April to train the WCI...
In May, ROC the Future Alliance (RTFA) joined fellow members of the Cradle to Career Network in Milwaukee for a convening focused on kindergarten readiness and early childhood education. At the two-day event hosted by StriveTogether, participants shared their...
