Thread is focused on engaging the most at-risk high school students by weaving together a network of volunteers who customize support to meet individual student needs over the course of a decade. Thread’s model seeks to radically reconfigure social support structures for students enrolled to establish a wealth of human connection, permanently linked by unconditional love and support. More than 80 percent of Thread’s alumni have completed a post-high school academic or training program within their ten years in Thread. This grant provided core operating support.