On October 10, 2024 Dr. Robert Balfanz was at the White House with National Partnership for Student Success (NPSS) to share key findings of the 2023-2024 NPSS student support survey of school principals, fielded by the RAND corporation and to share an update about the progress towards the President’s goal of 250,000 additional adults in NPSS-aligned roles.

To continue this momentum, the NPSS is announcing additional efforts by the NPSS Support Hub and its technical assistance providers:

• With support from the Leon Lowenstein Foundation, the NPSS Support Hub at the Johns Hopkins Everyone Graduates Center is announcing today a third community collaboration challenge microgrant cycle to support youth-serving nonprofits, districts, state and local government, and intermediaries to bring more people-powered and evidence-based support to children and youth in their communities. These $5,000 to $10,000 grants will support the creation, scale, and piloting of evidence-based and people-powered student supports in communities across the country. Applications are now open and are due Nov. 15. 
• The National Student Support Accelerator launched a new tool today that school districts can use to evaluate their own tutoring programs for alignment with evidence-based practice and build internal plans for improvement with support from expert technical assistance. 
• City Year recently published a Student Success Coaching Playbook for school districts and youth-serving organizations looking to implement success coaching models beyond the City Year context. 
• The NPSS Support Hub will also publish a training resource library with resources to support training of people in evidence-based student support roles, including new training materials developed by MENTOR.