City Connects:聽Whole child approach helps low-income children thrive
City Connects has emerged as a national model for addressing out-of-school challenges鈥攕uch as poor health care or lack of enrichment鈥攖hat discourage low-income students from learning and thriving. Rooted in developmental science research, the program applies a 鈥渨hole child鈥� approach to intellectual, social, emotional, spiritual, and physical development. And a growing body of research shows that the program produces measurable and lasting effects in school and later in life. In a video, Mary Walsh and Julia MacEwan of City Connects, and Lynch School faculty Henry Braun, Eric Dearing, and Deoksoon Kim discuss the program, and how it builds 鈥渢he proverbial village around the child.鈥�