Networked Improvement Communities operate as collaborative action networks and use an established improvement process. Fresno C2C NICs are built from the ground up ensuring that everyone who can impact a challenge is included- grassroots to treetops.

Networked Improvement Communities use a proven problem solving tool rooted in developing a shared understanding of the experiences of everyone who is part of the current system. The process is also dependent upon sharing data so that everyone has a complete picture of the current reality and the improvement goals.

The Foster Youth Networked Improvement Community brings together schools, the Department of Social Services, the Juvenile Dependency Court, and multiple community-based organizations to collaboratively work on literacy improvement for 3rd- 6th grade foster youth. The project is showing promising early results and is being scaled in FY 23/24.