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This month’s feature story focuses on a training series on Equitable Community Engagement for Montgomery County staffers offered by the Communty Justice Co-Creation Initiative. We also provide a recap of recent staff development activities, and a reminder that our 2024 Annual Report is now available.

On May 14-16, our Out-of-School Time (OST) team attended the 2025 Every Hour Counts Conference in Minneapolis. This year was the biggest conference yet, with about 260 attendees! Molly Surden, OST Program Coordinator (she/her), Doria Shima, OST Evaluation Specialist (she/her) and Sydney Wilson-Hunter, OST Program Director (she/her), connected with colleagues from around the country to learn about strategies and best practices for building collaborative systems, collecting impactful data, and ensuring that youth are at the table making decisions about the present and future of OST.