NORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE

The NAZ is a collaboration of organizations and schools partnering with families in North Minneapolis to prepare children to graduate from high school ready for college. Our purpose is to end multigenerational poverty within North Minneapolis. Each enrolled family moves through a “cradle-to-career” ecosystem that provides comprehensive support from pre-natal through college to career.

The Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ) exists to permanently close the achievement gap and end generational poverty in North Minneapolis. Together with our partner organizations, we are walking side by side with low-income families as they put their children on a path to college.

NAZ has a game-changing approach that is closing the achievement gap. NAZ’s wraparound framework effectively supports low-income children of color so that they will graduate from high school prepared for college.