Commitment to Accessibility

Access to information is critical to our mission of coordinating the solving of all of Southwest Florida’s major social problems on an eighteen-year deadline. We have applied this thinking to all of our communication and design practices and have invested in tools and technologies to make this website experience usable and accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities and those who use screen readers or other assistive technology/settings.

Our efforts are guided by the World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA.

These considerations include:

Alternative text for images
Skip to Main Content links in navigation menu
Semantic HTML headings and landmarks
Color contrast ratio improvements
Aria labels for additional context to screen readers
Keyboard navigation
Closed captioning for videos

We acknowledge that addressing accessibility is an ongoing endeavor, and we carefully consider any feedback we receive so that we can continue to refine our inclusive online experience.

If you experience difficulty accessing the content of this website, feel free to call us toll-free at 239 274 5900 or email us at info@collaboratory.org.

Stay informed.

We’re organizing teams. We’re coordinating efforts. We’re accepting donations, distributing funds, problem solving and currently doing a lot of brainstorming, research and planning. Our situation is evolving each and every day.

We would be happy to keep you up-to-speed. Join our email list and we’ll keep you well informed of our progress.

For accessibility assistance, contact us via phone: 239-274-5900 or email: info@collaboratory.org

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Since no single organization can solve big social problems alone, Collaboratory is using its community leadership role to bring together local organizations and people from different sectors (like businesses, nonprofits, and government) to work on common goals. This collaboration aims to improve Southwest Florida and make it a better place to live, work, learn, and play.

The impact dashboard shows key regional goals that everyone is working toward, with the aim of solving social issues by 2040. It provides a point-in-time snapshot of progress by tracking important indicators that show how the community is changing over time. While these changes take time and there is often a delay between when the data is collected and becomes available, the dashboard helps us understand where we need to focus our efforts to achieve our shared goals.

In 2022, in concert with hundreds of individuals and organizations, we collectively identified the issues of housing and health as the next most-pressing areas of need. Based on that data, we’ve modeled FutureMakers Coalition, our nine-year initiative, to establish two new regional coalitions: Home and Health & Wellness.

If you would like to dive deeper into each of the coalitions, visit each coalition website.