{"id":4318,"date":"2025-08-18T10:27:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T10:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.njfuture.org\/?page_id=4318"},"modified":"2025-11-19T11:19:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T11:19:52","slug":"collaboratives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.njfuture.org\/collaboratives\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaboratives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"bg-brand-jersey-blue text-white relative mb-10 overflow-hidden\">\n  <div class=\"container py-10 md:py-36 relative\">\n        <div\n      class=\"uppercase w-full md:w-[42%] font-gotham\">\n              <h2 class=\"text-3xl text-brand-grey\">The Power of Collaboration<\/h2>\n                    <h2 class=\"text-h2 md:text-h1 font-bold mt-6\">\n          Working together, we create greater impact        <\/h2>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"max-md:hidden absolute top-0 h-full w-[50%] right-0\"\n      style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.njfuture.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rectangle-4076-scaled.webp'); background-size: cover; background-position: top; background-repeat: no-repeat;\">\n      <!-- w-[26.875rem] -->\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.njfuture.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Frame-1261152805.svg\" alt=\"hero-banner-vector\"\n        class=\"object-cover object-left absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full lg:h-full lg:w-auto   without-contrast-wave-image block\">\n\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.njfuture.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Frame-1261152805-1.svg\" alt=\"hero-banner-vector\"\n        class=\"object-cover object-left absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full lg:h-full lg:w-auto contrast-wave-image hidden\">\n    <\/div>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.njfuture.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rectangle-4076-scaled.webp\" alt=\"hero-banner-image\"\n      class=\"md:hidden w-full object-contain object-center h-[22rem]\">\n      <\/div>\n\n\n<section data-testid=\"title-content-video\" class=\"container pb-10\">\n            <h2 class=\"text-center justify-center text-brand-jersey-blue text-4xl font-medium font-gotham mb-4\">\n            What is Collective Impact? 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