Emma Fenstermaker
Researcher
Rachel Browne
Deputy Controller
Allison Zhang
Development Manager
Emily Winchester
Events Manager
Trent Cokley
AV Technician
Christine Patterson
Financial Analysis & Grants Manager
Enkibe Nova-Martinez
HR Business Partner
Great Lakes Receiving Network
Climate change will dramatically impact where Americans live. In fact, cities around the Great Lakes are already experiencing the first signs of climate migration inflows from increasingly hotter and more disaster-prone regions. The policy and programming choices that these receiving cities make today will determine whether population growth leads to economic opportunity and revitalization or to housing shortages, gentrification, and displacement.
The Great Lakes Receiving Network engages regionally with anticipated receiving cities in community-led conversations, scenario planning exercises, and cross-learning events about what a resilient future looks like amid climate migration, for both existing residents and newcomers. Network activities help answer questions about the housing, infrastructure, and public service needs that will allow these cities to thrive in our climate future.
Postsecondary Pathways for Youth
Young adults today are less likely to out-earn their parents than any previous generation, even when they do everything “right.” Basic necessities like housing, healthcare, childcare, and education that were affordable to previous generations are far more expensive today, making the transition into adulthood harder to navigate. To succeed in the future, young adults will need structured opportunities to gain professional experience, build networks, and access high-quality education and training to land good first jobs that lead to careers.
CELNA’s Postsecondary Pathways for Youth team works to promote stronger alignment across the systems that shape young adults’ economic success so paths from high school to economic security become more accessible, affordable, and equitable. We do this through three reinforcing strategies:
- Advancing innovative program models, including apprenticeship models and other pathways strategies;
- Conducting research and analysis on programs and policies that affect the institutions and systems that young adults must navigate as they exit high school and transition to adulthood; and
- Building networks of experts & practitioners to accelerate learning and to promote alignment across initiatives and communities focused on youth and young adults.
The two major initiatives of Postsecondary Pathways for Youth are the Partnership to Advance Youth Apprenticeship and the Launch Pathways initiative.