Frequently Asked Questions

Producers

Have you produced an American Graduate:  Let’s Make It Happen funding credit?  Yes.  The American Graduate:  Let’s Make It Happen initiative manager, KETC/Nine Network, will supply you with a fully produced funding credit.

How do I access the American Graduate:  Let’s Make It Happen funding credit?
A.  The funding credit is available here.

What is included in the American Graduate:  Let’s Make It Happen funding credit?
The funding credit includes the CPB and American Graduate:  Let’s Make It Happen logos and a voice over, which is necessary to establish the relationship between CPB and American Graduate. 

The total length of the credit package is approximately 15 seconds.

Where should the credit appear? 
The credit should appear at the beginning or the end of your program – ideally both – and wherever CPB is credited.

Why is national content critical to American Graduate:  Let’s Make It Happen?
National content accomplishes three important objectives.  First, it increases awareness and generates conversations about the dropout crisis, which helps to engage communities.  Second, it focuses greater attention on the dropout crisis. Third, it can illuminate causes and best practices to stem the tide.   

How will my content be used at the local level to generate stronger community engagement?
National content is critical to community engagement because it generates conversations about the dropout crisis.  As communities realize the scope and severity of the problem on a national level, we want them to talk about it and examine the issue locally, with the goal of arriving at a solution or best practices to address the issue.

Beyond broadcast, national content can be used in a number of ways.  It may be part of town hall meetings on the dropout crisis.  It may also be used as an educational tool for parents, teachers and community leaders to better understand the causes of the dropout crisis or to glean best practices they can use to address the problem in their community.   You may also wish to work with your press team to coordinate screenings of the program in certain communities, followed by a Q&A or discussion with the audience.