Cross-Cutting Workgroups

Driving Systemic Change in Kent County

KConnect’s Cross-Cutting Workgroups bring together partners from across our community to drive systemic change and strengthen the systems that impact all of us, no matter your age, neighborhood, or background. These workgroups focus on areas that touch every part of our shared work, helping us move further, faster, together.

What They Do

Collaborative Networks That Strengthen Systems

KConnect’s Cross-Cutting Workgroups bring together partners from across our community to help strengthen the systems that impact all of us, no matter your age, neighborhood, or background. These workgroups focus on areas that touch every part of our shared work, helping us move further, faster, together.

Diverse team collaborating at a conference table during a systemic change workshop, with colorful sticky notes on the wall documenting ideas and a digital presentation visible on screen.
Cross-Cutting Workgroups

KConnect Designed & Led

Community Engagement

To build trust, strengthen relationships, and ensure that community members, especially those most impacted by inequities, are meaningfully engaged in shaping the decisions that directly impact their lives.

Data & Capacity

To build capacity in our community to use data in smart, meaningful ways that lead to better outcomes for everyone.

Policy & Advocacy

To advance equitable policy solutions that remove systemic barriers and create opportunities for every child and family in Kent County.