GHR Partner City Connects Receives Long-Term Support, Benefiting Students in the Twin Cities and Nationally

Photo: Children in the City Connects program. Source: City Connects

Implemented in schools serving predominantly under-resourced neighborhoods and families, City Connects helps teachers and schools provide integrated supports to address the in- and out-of-school needs of students and foster their strengths. Providing holistic support to students facing external obstacles to learning is a core aspect of GHR's Education strategy in Twin Cities Catholic schools and animates the Foundation’s long-term partnership with the program. 

City Connects is a signature program of the Drexel Mission Schools in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. A significant new investment from an anonymous donor will ensure the sustainability of the program by endowing the Center at Boston College, sustaining City Connects programming to better the lives of even more children while supporting the growing needs of communities across the nation. 

Founded in 2001 by Dr. Mary Walsh and her colleagues in the Boston Public Schools, City Connects has provided especially critical support for schoolchildren and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Center for Optimized Student Support, the home of City Connects at Boston College, will be renamed the Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children in Dr. Walsh’s honor. 

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