Cohort 2 📍 Region 4

Arlington County is partnering with Edu-Futuro, a nonprofit serving immigrant families across Northern Virginia to provide educational and social services. Through the Community Schools grant, the division is sustaining that work at Wakefield High School and Arlington Community School. Through the collaboration, Edu-Futuro specialists are coordinating cultural celebrations and connecting families to resources like Hands2Hearts CPR training through the Virginia Hospital Center. At Wakefield, the partnership is treating family stability as part of student readiness, and connecting families to rental assistance, job resources, and mental health support to increase their school engagement outreach.

A family needs assessment revealed barriers Arlington is working to address, including increasing the reach of school communication by adding bilingual front desk staff. Families who had not previously engaged with the school are now attending events, building trust with specialists, and beginning to advocate for their children’s needs.