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Seed Money For Later Learning: The Chattanooga Future Fund

Dr. Justin Robertson, Superintendent of Hamilton County Schools, with students at the launch of the Chattanooga Future Fund.
Hamilton County Schools
Dr. Justin Robertson, Superintendent of Hamilton County Schools, with students at the launch of the Chattanooga Future Fund.

How much does it cost to kickstart saving the money for a child’s potential to learn after high school?

That’s the promise of the Chattanooga Future Fund, a five-year pilot program launched today at Red Bank Middle School by the nonprofit Chattanooga 2.0 - and backed by public and private partners here in Chattanooga and Hamilton County.

Keri Randolph is executive director of Chattanooga 2.0.

Chattanooga Future Fund logo.
Chattanooga 2.0

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