Sentences with phrase «increase youth access»

Give a Summer develops new ways to understand and increase youth access to summer opportunities, and works with partners and through public advocacy to bring its innovations to scale.

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Marijuana interdictions at the Mexican border are down substantially, youth use has not increased in states with legal access to cannabis, and responsible cannabis businesses are contributing tens of thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in economic impact to their communities.»

The every child deserves a family campaign promotes the best interests of all children in the foster care and adoption system by increasing their access to loving, stable, forever homes, and works to ensure safe and supportive care for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) youth seeking family formation.

Washington, D.C. - As the number of children accessing the Internet increases, so, too, does the likelihood that these youth will be exposed to inappropriate Web sites or encounter dangerous situations online.

This kicked off a week of summer meals media coverage highlighting the need for increased access to summer meals for our nation's low - income youth.

From increasing the federal reimbursable rates to eliminating junk food marketing to children to supporting families» access to fresh, healthy food (to encourage youths» taste preferences), we need to be doing a lot more to ensure all kids are getting proper nutrition.

There are a number of valuable Webinars and presentation materials that medical home teams can access to increase their knowledge related to exposure to violence and its potentially lifelong impact on children and youth.

The blueprint released today adds 30 additional points, which includes routine HIV testing, monitoring and improving rates of viral suppression, ensuring access to stable housing, reducing HIV infections among homeless youth and increasing employment opportunities and access.

Okunmadewa explained that the YESSO programme was a welfarist intervention programme of the World Bank aimed at reducing poverty by allowing poor people access to increased opportunities for youth employment and social service delivery.

Youth camps and other organised activities for students, designed to increase their confidence and independence, and raise awareness of services and opportunities that they don't have access to on the island; and,

The Theory of Change, presented by Child and Youth Finance International, proposes that financial, social and livelihoods education, combined with access to appropriate financial services, increases financial capability and social empowerment, ultimately leading to greater economic citizenship.

Pay Teachers More and Reach All Students with Excellence — Aug 30, 2012 District RTTT — Meet the Absolute Priority for Great - Teacher Access — Aug 14, 2012 Pay Teachers More — Within Budget, Without Class - Size Increases — Jul 24, 2012 Building Support for Breakthrough Schools — Jul 10, 2012 New Toolkit: Expand the Impact of Excellent Teachers — Selection, Development, and More — May 31, 2012 New Teacher Career Paths: Financially Sustainable Advancement — May 17, 2012 Charlotte, N.C.'s Project L.I.F.T. to be Initial Opportunity Culture Site — May 10, 2012 10 Financially Sustainable Models to Reach More Students with Excellence — May 01, 2012 Excellent Teaching Within Budget: New Infographic and Website — Apr 17, 2012 Incubating Great New Schools — Mar 15, 2012 Public Impact Releases Models to Extend Reach of Top Teachers, Seeks Sites — Dec 14, 2011 New Report: Teachers in the Age of Digital Instruction — Nov 17, 2011 City - Based Charter Strategies: New White Papers and Webinar from Public Impact — Oct 25, 2011 How to Reach Every Child with Top Teachers (Really)-- Oct 11, 2011 Charter Philanthropy in Four Cities — Aug 04, 2011 School Turnaround Leaders: New Ideas about How to Find More of Them — Jul 21, 2011 Fixing Failing Schools: Building Family and Community Demand for Dramatic Change — May 17, 2011 New Resources to Boost School Turnaround Success — May 10, 2011 New Report on Making Teacher Tenure Meaningful — Mar 15, 2011 Going Exponential: Growing the Charter School Sector's Best — Feb 17, 2011 New Reports and Upcoming Release Event — Feb 10, 2011 Picky Parent Guide — Nov 17, 2010 Measuring Teacher and Leader Performance: Cross-Sector Lessons for Excellent Evaluations — Nov 02, 2010 New Teacher Quality Publication from the Joyce Foundation — Sept 27, 2010 Charter School Research from Public Impact — Jul 13, 2010 Lessons from Singapore & Shooting for Stars — Jun 17, 2010 Opportunity at the Top — Jun 02, 2010 Public Impact's latest on Education Reform Topics — Dec 02, 2009 3X for All: Extending the Reach of Education's Best — Oct 23, 2009 New Research on Dramatically Improving Failing Schools — Oct 06, 2009 Try, Try Again to Fix Failing Schools — Sep 09, 2009 Innovation in Education and Charter Philanthropy — Jun 24, 2009 Reconnecting Youth and Designing PD That Works — May 29.

The program's primary objective is to increase access for urban youth to school - based, culturally - sensitive, and trauma - informed mental health services that are aimed at raising students» awareness of the impact of trauma on well - being, enhancing students» positive coping skills, promoting students» attitudes toward school engagement, increasing graduation rates, and improving the overall psychosocial well - being of urban youth.

The NRCCTE at SREB is working with Manhattan Strategy Group and other partners to increase access to high - quality career pathways for youth and adults through a project funded by the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education at the U.S. Department of Education.

Washington, D.C., June 7, 2011 — Given the urgent need to increase the success of underrepresented students in college, practitioners from college access programs and youth development organizations find mentoring to be a valuable strategy in providing students with the emotional and instrumental support they need to achieve the goal of receiving a college degree.

The new initiative grew out of The Wallace Foundation's years of work in youth development, including a dozen - year effort to encourage citywide coordination for afterschool that yielded more than 40 publications and found, according to a study by RAND, «that organizations across cities could work together toward increasing access, quality, data - based decision making and sustainability.»

Increasing student access to high - quality expanded learning opportunities (ELO) by investing $ 2.25 million in the ELO Quality Initiative, allowing triple the number of programs to participate — and 11,600 more youth to be served.

Hartford Youth Scholars Foundation (CT): Dedicated to strengthening the city of Hartford by developing and implementing academic programs that increase college access for Hartford schoolchildren.

In fact, a recent study by CCSA revealed that charter schools are helping to increase access to college for thousands of historically disadvantaged youth in California, including minority, low income and first - generation college - going students.

(Calif.) In an effort to increase the number of foster youth who are not just college ready, but are actually prepared to enroll, a statewide campaign has been launched to ensure that children in foster care are accessing financial aid.

Fostering Success Michigan is a statewide initiative that aims to increase access and success in higher education and post-college careers for youth with experience in foster care.

Using data from the nationally representative Educational Longitudinal Survey, the authors illustrated the obstacles these students encounter after entering college, discussed institutional challenges in the era of increased college access, and outlined an agenda to help youth move beyond «some college.»

For more than 40 years, The Piton Foundation, which is part of Gary Community Investments, has been committed to improving the lives of Colorado's low - income children and their families by increasing access to quality early childhood and youth development opportunities and fostering healthy family and community environments.

The demand for research - based practices in education and youth development has increased over time as access to rich and rigorous data has become available.

She has developed numerous partnerships between public schools, non-profits, higher education institutions, businesses, foundations, and industry in order to bolster student achievement and success that increased participation in after school programs, increased high school graduation rates, college enrollment rates, access to and achievement in advanced and rigorous coursework for historically underserved youth.

The grant awarded to Partners for Breakfast in the Classroom is one of 11 grants awarded to national nonprofit organizations totaling more than $ 33 million to fund nutrition education and meal programs for youth, and increase families» access to fruits and vegetables through state and federal nutrition assistance programs.

MAP is dedicated to improving the lives of children and youth across Massachusetts by increasing access to high quality afterschool and summer learning programs.

Federal investment should be sustained these programs, as well as College Access Challenge Grants, which have successfully increased the number of youth pursuing postsecondary degrees that provide them with the skills necessary for success in today's economy.

Established in 2002, the North Carolina Center for Afterschool Programs (NC CAP) is a comprehensive statewide afterschool and expanded learning network, with key partners including afterschool providers, state agencies, state and local policymakers, law enforcement, universities and community colleges, business, and the philanthropic community, working together to increase access to high quality afterschool and expanded learning programs for all children and youth in North Carolina, especially for those at - risk of education failure.

There, she spearheaded student support services, increased access to college and career services for over 4000 disconnected youth, and also designed and co-led a small school to reduce college remediation rates for high school students.

NAZA has 2 primary goals: 1) to provide increased access for out - of - school programming for middle and high school youth in economically - disadvantaged communities and 2) to create a culture of high - quality programming across providers through professional development and quality assurance.

Oct. 27, 2016 - LANSING, MICH. — The Michigan College Access Network (MCAN) will participate in the third annual «Reach Higher White House Convening» on October 28 - 30 in Washington D.C. MCAN is leading a team of Michiganders who are committed to increasing postsecondary attainment in our state, particularly among low - income students and underserved youth.

Selection criteria in the RFP aligns with the RtC vision that libraries play a critical role in increasing access and exposure to CS opportunity, changing perceptions of who can code and inspiring all youth to pursue CS education by connecting coding to individual interests.

The Liberals will invest $ 165.4 million in the Youth Employment Strategy this year that will include: creation of green jobs, increased access to Skills Link program and increased job opportunities in the heritage sector.

This work involves increasing park access for youth who have not been exposed to the parks and guiding the development of skill - building and leadership programs for youth who continue to return.

With funding sources for high - quality arts programming being cut at the national, state, and local levels (for example, see the recent closure of Santa Barbara's Incredible Children's Art Network (iCAN) and, of course, the possible defunding of the NEA and NEH), takepart makeart: arte para todos developed out of the need to expand access and increase opportunities for engagement with contemporary art and artists, especially among Latinx, low - income, and youth communities.

London, UK About Blog OCD Youth aims to increase awareness and access to support for anyone under 25 affected by OCD.

We increase access to music therapy for patients in children's hospitals, senior's centres, palliative care, AIDS & HIV programs, at - risk youth, habilitation, and bereavement support.

Partnering With Families and Communities National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections (2013) Offers a webcast on the Prevention Initiative Demonstration Project (PIDP) in Los Angeles, CA, and discusses three strategies to support positive outcomes for children, youth, and families: decreasing social isolation by connecting families to each other; addressing issues of economic security; and increasing access to available resources.

Partnering with Families and Communities [Webcast] National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections (2013) Offers a webcast on the Prevention Initiative Demonstration Project in Los Angeles, CA, and discusses three strategies to support positive outcomes for children, youth, and families: (1) decreasing social isolation by connecting families to each other; (2) addressing issues of economic security; and (3) increasing access to available resources.

Perspectives on Fostering Connections: A Series of White Papers on the Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (PDF - 1,464 KB) The FosteringConnections.org Project (2013) Provides an update on the implementation of the Fostering Connections Act, including summaries of achievements and challenges associated with each of the six issue areas of the act: incentives and assistance for adoption, improved educational stability and opportunities, coordinated health services, support for kinship care and family connections, support for older youth, and direct access to Federal resources for Indian Tribes.

London, UK About Blog OCD Youth aims to increase awareness and access to support for anyone under 25 affected by OCD.

Their mission is, «to increase and enhance healthy youth development and education success, through family engagement, access, participation, advocacy and leadership.

Under the Exceed initiative, funded through the federal Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge grant, RIDE and partner agencies - the Departments of Health, Human Services, and Children, Youth and Families; the Office of Health and Human Services; and Rhode Island KIDS COUNT - are involved in an on - going initiative to increase access to early - learning programs and to improve program quality in public preschools, child - care centers, and family home - care centers.

The Action Fund's primary purpose is educating voters about public policies that impact reproductive health care and rights — such as adequate funding for family planning services, access to safe and affordable abortion, the promotion of medically - accurate, age - appropriate sex education for our youth, increased access to emergency contraception and confidential health services for minors.

The program will increase the school community's mental health awareness and literacy, which serves as a prevention tool for the community regarding adolescent depression; offer two - level screening to students in one middle school and two high school grades, including universal, self - report screening for all students, followed by in - depth interviews with students who screen as high risk; and communicate with Holliston parents / guardians about youth depression and resources, provide more significant follow - up (both immediate and long - term) with parents / guardians of high - risk teens, and provide all school families with access to the Interface Referral Network.

Assist children alleged to be delinquent or unruly and their families to access needed services identified with the assistance of a mental health and substance abuse screening conducted by the Juvenile Court Youth Service Officer or other juvenile court staff, thereby reducing recidivism and increasing diversion of children from the juvenile justice system.

Our goals include increasing the perception of harm of underage use of alcohol and substance abuse, establishing lasting healthy behaviors, and providing access to education, training, and opportunities for youth to create social change in their communities.

While some youth may suffer limitations in terms of accessing the traditional adult status roles that help foster movement away from delinquency, reaching the age of majority still brings with it increased opportunities and experiences not available during the high - school years [23].