To collectively align community resources to ensure equity and excellence in education, for every child, from cradle to career. Stamford Cradle to Career (SC2C) is a Collective Impact partnership that works to achieve our goals through solid and committed cross-sector collaboration. We are guided by the nationally recognized StriveTogether Framework for creating a community-wide partnership. The framework is a roadmap to change, and a new way for community stakeholders to work together. To learn more about StriveTogether, visit www.strivetogether.org. To learn more about how SC2C is using the StriveTogether framework, go to (SC2C page on StriveTogether). United Way of Western Connecticut serves as the backbone entity for Stamford Cradle to Career providing management and fiscal support for the partnership.