Presented by Men & Women of Might Foundation
1,000 Students. 1,000 Opportunities. One Stronger Broward.
A community-driven enrollment recovery and student retention initiative presented by Men & Women of Might Foundation.
PROJECT 1000 seeks to identify, reconnect with and help enroll up to 1,000 school-age children into Broward County Public Schools — and to support their retention, so they stay enrolled and thriving.
A public / private partnership · Not a protest. A plan.
1,000
Students to be reconnected and helped into school
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Steps from identification to lasting retention
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Community, working as one coalition
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Children left behind without someone following up
What Is PROJECT 1000
PROJECT 1000 is an enrollment recovery and student retention initiative. It exists because somewhere in Broward County there are children who are school-age but not in school — and families who want them there, but who ran into a wall they could not get past alone.
The initiative brings schools, families, churches, nonprofits, businesses and community leaders into one coordinated effort with a single, measurable goal: identify, reconnect with and help enroll up to 1,000 school-age children into Broward County Public Schools — then support those students and families so they stay enrolled and keep moving forward.
This is not a campaign of complaint. It is a partnership of people who are willing to do the quiet, patient work: make the calls, sit at the kitchen table, walk a parent through the paperwork, and check back in three months later.
Our Commitment
Every child in this initiative is treated as a person, not a number.
Parents and guardians are partners in every step. Student information is handled with care and only ever used to help that student reconnect, enroll, and stay in school.
Community · Collaboration · Impact
Community
Neighbors who show up
Education
The door to everything
Family
Decision-makers, always
Hope
The point of the work
Why It Matters
When a child stops attending, the loss reaches past the school building. It reaches the household, the neighborhood, and the next generation. Bringing a student back is one of the highest-return things a community can do.
Every empty seat is a young person who stopped showing up. PROJECT 1000 works to find them, understand what happened, and help bring them back into Broward County Public Schools — with the family at the center of the decision.
Getting a student enrolled is the beginning, not the finish line. Retention support means someone stays connected to that family long after the first day back, so a student stays enrolled and keeps progressing.
Nothing happens over a parent’s head. Families are informed, asked, and supported — with help understanding enrollment steps, documentation, and the options that fit their child.
Schools, churches, nonprofits, businesses, and neighbors all hold a piece of the answer. PROJECT 1000 is built as a public/private partnership, so the people who already serve these families work as one coalition.
“Every child in Broward deserves an adult who notices when they stop showing up — and who comes looking.”
PROJECT 1000 · Bring Broward Back™
Who This Is For
PROJECT 1000 is designed to be understood in one visit — whether you are a parent, a principal, an elected official, a donor, or a neighbor who wants to help.
Refer a child, ask for help with enrollment, or learn what your options are — with no judgment.
Invite the Foundation in to help reconnect students your school has lost contact with.
Align the initiative with district enrollment recovery priorities and reporting.
Champion a community partnership that supports public-school enrollment.
Support a measurable, community-led effort with public impact.
Fund the outreach, follow-up, and family support that makes re-enrollment possible.
Reach families your congregation already knows and trusts.
Bring your relationships, your reach, and your credibility into the coalition.
Not sure where you fit? Start the conversation and we will find the right place for you in the coalition.
Get InvolvedHow It Works
A simple, repeatable process the coalition can run again and again across Broward County — and measure honestly at each stage.
Work with schools, families, and community partners to identify school-age children in Broward who are not currently enrolled or who have disengaged.
Make respectful, persistent contact with the family — meeting them where they are, listening first, and never pressuring a parent.
Help the family work through enrollment: the right school, the documentation needed, and the people to talk to, so the process stops being a wall.
Stay connected after the first day back — checking in with the student and family so small problems get solved before they become another absence.
Connect the student and family to mentorship, resources, and the Foundation’s programs so they have a reason to stay and a path forward.
Parents and guardians stay in charge. No child is enrolled, contacted, or listed without the family’s knowledge and consent.
Refer a FamilyData & Impact
PROJECT 1000 is accountable to the community it serves. Progress will be reported against the same measures from day one, so partners, funders, and families can see exactly what the coalition has done — and what is still ahead.
Only aggregate figures are ever reported publicly. No student is named, and no individual family’s information is shared.
Awaiting Reported Figures
The measures below are the initiative’s scoreboard. They are shown unfilled on purpose: PROJECT 1000 reports figures only once they are verified, never estimates presented as results.
PROJECT 1000 Scoreboard
To Be Reported—
Students identified
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Families contacted
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Students enrolled
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Students retained (90 days)
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Schools partnered
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Community partners
Reporting periods, methodology, and verified figures will be published here as the initiative progresses. Data shared by school partners is used in aggregate only.
Public / Private Partnership
No single institution can reconnect a thousand students alone. PROJECT 1000 is built as a coalition — public, private, faith, and community — sharing one goal and one scoreboard.
Share aggregate, non-identifying enrollment data so the coalition knows where the need is greatest.
Open your doors, your networks, and your trust with the families you already serve.
Underwrite outreach, family support, and the follow-up that turns one conversation into one enrolled student.
Give an hour a week to outreach, check-ins, and making sure no family is left waiting for an answer.
Measurable
One scoreboard, published, for everyone to see.
Consent-First
Families decide. Always. No exceptions.
Built to Last
Retention support, not a one-time push.
Get Involved
Whether you are a parent who needs help, a leader who wants to partner, or a supporter who wants to give — start here and PROJECT 1000 will follow up.
Prefer to talk?
Call us at (786) 541-5095 or email info@menandwomenofmight.org and a member of the PROJECT 1000 team will be glad to help.
PROJECT 1000 — Bring Broward Back™
Somewhere in this county there is a child whose seat has been empty long enough. PROJECT 1000 was built to go find them. Add your name to the coalition and be part of bringing Broward back.
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