Sentences with phrase «economic mobility pathways»

Nicki Ruiz De Luzuriaga, Associate Vice President of Capacity Building, Economic Mobility Pathways (EMPath)

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Some of us, in our misguided elitism, thought that Nigerian youths deserved quality, challenging jobs and opportunities that would create a pathway for upward socio - economic mobility.

The trend has been driven both by «the realization that economic mobility is predicated on some postsecondary credential» and «widespread statistics showing low - income students... not succeeding in postsecondary pathways,» says Mandy Savitz - Romer, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education in Cambridge, Mass..

She supports the career readiness portfolio, which invests in programs that are committed to connecting adults with limited or no education beyond high school to accredited, postsecondary career pathways that allow for economic mobility and family - sustaining wages.

Pathways to College Credentials and Careers: In order to increase the economic mobility of low - income and minority students, the Joyce Foundation will support state and federal policy work to: (1) better prepare students for college and career through early college credits, work - based learning, and high school interventions to reduce college remediation; (2) increase the likelihood that low - income and minority students will complete credentials or degrees of economic value at the institutions they attend; and (3) increase access and success for low - income and minority students in the public institutions with the highest economic payoffs.

We know the quality of the educational experience that students receive is what paves pathways to opportunity and socio - economic mobility.

As part of the federal welfare reform of 1996, Congress recognized the need to promote responsible fatherhood as a way to support child wellbeing.2 During the 106th Congress (1999 - 2000), Congress provided funding to the National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI), a non-profit organization that works with government agencies, the military, corrections departments, and community organizations to create fatherhood programs.3 Concurrently, Congress also provided funding to evaluate the Institute for Responsible Fatherhood and Family Revitalization's fatherhood program, signaling the federal government's commitment to researching and assessing the impact of responsible fatherhood programs.4 Although Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama included funding for responsible fatherhood programs in each of their budgets, it was not until the 109th Congress of 2005 - 2006 that the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood (HMPRF) grants program was created and funded under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 beginning in FY2006 and continuing through FY2010.5 The program was subsequently reauthorized under the Claims Resolution Act of 2010.6 The HMPRF programs support healthy marriage, responsible parenting, and economic stability activities, and are funded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration of Children and Families» (ACF) Office of Family Assistance (OFA).7 The HMPRF programs have continued to receive funds through FY2016.8 Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education grantees, the New Pathways for Fathers and Families grantees, and Responsible Fatherhood Opportunities for Reentry and Mobility (ReFORM) grantees are currently funded from FY2015 through FY2020.9

The New Pathways for Fathers and Families Program is designed to strengthen positive father - child engagement, improve employment and economic mobility opportunities, and improve healthy relationships and marriage as well as provide individualized case management and access to community resources to address the social, emotional and economic stability needs of eligible fathers in Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and Rowan counties.