John Everett, Director of Workforce Development at Kids Hope Alliance (KHA) and the City of Jacksonville (COJ), has been named a Youth Excel Fellow as a part of the National League of Cities’ (NLC) Youth Excel Initiative.

On Thursday, April 27, 2023, Jacksonville City Council President Terrence Freeman, Kids Hope Alliance, and the City of Jacksonville hosted a press conference to announce the launch of the Jacksonville Upwards Mobility Program (JUMP).

On Saturday, April 1, 2023, hundreds of people celebrated literacy at Family Reading Day in James Weldon Johnson Park. The event was organized by Kids Hope Alliance, the Jacksonville Public Library, the Jacksonville Public Education Fund, and several other members of the READ JAX collaborative in an effort to promote the importance of family reading.