The Cities Connecting Children to Nature (CCCN) initiative helps city leaders and their partners ensure that all children have the opportunity to play, learn and grow in nature, from urban parks and community gardens to the great outdoors.
In March of 2016, the City of Austin was one of seven cities nationwide selected to receive a $25,000 planning grant from the project partners for Cities Connecting Children to Nature. The grant funded a six month strategic planning process that brought together representatives from ten city departments, AISD, the health sector and nonprofit organizations in order to create a 3-year Implementation Plan that identifies how city leadership can provide abundant and equitable access to nature for the children of Austin, with a specific focus on children in low-income communities and children of color.
Implementation Plan
Implementation Plan Appendices
Section 2 Appendices – Community Assessment Results:
- 2 - CCCN Core Planning Team Members
- 2 - CCCN Working Group Members
- 2 - Project Participation Fact Sheet
- 3 - Shared Vision Statement
- 4 - Initial Logic Model
- 5 - Implementation Strawman Plan
- 7 - Community Organization & Trusted Leader Meetings
- 9 - Program Survey Response Report
- 9 - Program Survey Template
- 10 - Recommendations - CodeNEXT Mobility Code Prescription
- 10 - Recommendations - CodeNEXT Natural and Built Environment Code Prescription
- 11 - Community Survey - English Language FOR PRINT
- 11 - Community Survey - English Language WEB VERSION
- 11 - Community Survey - Spanish Language FOR PRINT
- 11 - Community Survey - Spanish Language WEB VERSION
- 11 - Community Survey Response Data By Focus Area Zip Code
- 12 - CCCN Focus Group Flyer - Austin Voices Family Resource Center ENGLISH
- 12 - CCCN Focus Group Flyer - Austin Voices Family Resource Center SPANISH
- 12 - CCCN Focus Group Flyer - Pleasant Hill & Carver Museum ENGLISH
- 12 - CCCN Focus Group Flyer - Pleasant Hill & Carver Museum SPANISH
- 12 - CCCN Focus Group Flyer - Pleasant Hill & Carver Museum
- 12 - Focus Group Meeting Comparative Grid
- 12 - Focus Group Meeting Structure & Outline
- 14 - Velocity Skillpoint Alliance - CCCN RFP
- 14 - Velocity Skillpoint Alliance Student Data Collection
Section 3 Appendices – Implementation Strategies:
- 15 - Dr. McAlister Research Project Notes
- 17 - Austin's Measurement Framework
- 18 - Dimensions of Natural Restorative Outcomes
- 19 - Major Activities Grid
- 20 - COBOR Pledge Form
- 20 - COBOR Poster
- 20 - COBOR Resolution
- 21 - Master Plan Tracking Grid
Section 4 Appendices – Accountability Framework
Section 5 Appendices – Timeline
Letters of Support:
- Mayor Steve Adler
- City Council Member Leslie Pool
- City Council Member Greg Casar
- City Council member Sabino Renteria
- Dr. Stephen J. Pont, Medical Director, Texas Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Obesity, Dell Children’s Medical Center
- Dr. Alfred McAlister, Professor of Behavioral Sciences, UT School of Public Health
- Nicole Conley, CFO, AISD
- Children in Nature Collaborative of Austin
- Allison Ivey, Director, Learn All The Time