To provide technical assistance and cross-community learning opportunities to Knight grantees working on out-of-school-time programming and related youth-development initiatives in seven Knight communities
To hire a consultant to support the formation of a regional funders collaborative in the next six months that will be well positioned to submit a strong application to the National Fund for Workforce Solutions (NFWS) in June 2009
For the Community Foundations of Florida to implement the Regional Marketing Initiative, a three-year marketing campaign to raise awareness, visibility and understanding of community foundations among professional advisers in Florida
To raise community awareness and action on local issues by launching Knight Youth Voice, a program that adds a student journalism component to an innovative youth community service model
To provide additional public internet access to Manatee County residents through laptop computers, digital enhancements to a community bookmobile and expanded bandwidth at the central library