All Hands Raised: Transforming Children from the Cradle to the Career Path

All Hands Raised, a non-profit organization, ensure that all the children in Portland and Multnomah County are provided with the right opportunities to become educated, responsible and independent adults in the future. The men and women behind the organization believe that it takes a community to transform impressionable children into productive adults.

For this reason, All Hands Raised acts as a bridge between the wide range of stakeholders in the community including local businesses, non-profit organizations, churches, and government agencies on one hand as well as parents, students and teachers on the other hand. With their strong partnerships resulting in concerted efforts, the children have higher chances of success in the present and future – and, thus, the stakeholders have done their job well.

All Hands Raised have two crucial roles, namely:

• Synchronizing the stakeholders’ collective actions for cost-efficient, results-effective, and client-responsive programs and projects; and
• Guiding the stakeholders toward meaningful and measurable results including a set of indicators that help them stay focused on their goals.

By using objective data to measure every indicator, All Hands Raised ensures that each of its programs are providing for the most benefits for the children. Finding better methods and achieving better results are the organization’s de facto motto, thus, rallying the community in changing expectations, behaviors, and practices for the better.

All Hands Raised is well-known for its All Hands Raised Partnership, which has established Collaborative Action Teams that bring together the crucial resources necessary in transforming student outcomes in meaningful, measurable, and lasting ways. The Teams start by clearly identifying the specific issues that must be addressed; considering the best practices in addressing it; and committing to a specific goal and strategies for its achievement.

All Hands Raised has several programs including:

• Communities Supporting Youth
• Eliminating Disparities in Child & Youth Success
• Ninth Grade Counts
• Early Learning

By starting children on the right path to success early on, All Hands Raised is in effect ensuring the bright future of the country.