Our Community’s Children brings the City of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Public Schools, and community partners together around one goal: making sure every child in our city grows up ready for college, work, and life. We do this directly — through programs like the Mayor’s Youth Council, the LEAD Program, GRow1000 Academy, KidSpeak®, and Cities Connecting Children to Nature — and through two flagship initiatives we lead: T2C Studio, which helps GRPS students get to and through college, and the ELO Network, which connects kids across West Michigan with quality after-school programs.