Sentences with phrase «national nonprofit group»

The national average was 20.9 percent, according to Feeding America, a national nonprofit group that tracks the issue.

Instead, the decision is largely in the hands of the State Department and the national nonprofit groups that the US government contracts with to distribute refugees nationwide.

Teachers, school nurses, counselors, and administrators will take part in a 2 1/2 - hour training course through the national nonprofit group Darkness to Light, based in Charleston, S.C., which works to combat child sex abuse.

Each year, AmeriCorps offers 75,000 opportunities for young people of all backgrounds to serve through a network of partnerships with local and national nonprofit groups.

Investments in ongoing training for teachers usually didn't improve their performance, and schools should rethink how they try to bolster their teachers» skills, according to a study released Tuesday by a national nonprofit group.

It's happening through a growing program from the national nonprofit group Parents for Public Schools, based in Jackson, but with active chapters in big cities and small towns across the country.

Anne Foster, the executive director of Parents for Public Schools, a national nonprofit group committed to educating, engaging, and mobilizing parents, said that school leaders can sometimes underestimate parents» ability to change schools.

If that person can't help you, a good place to start a search is with a national nonprofit group called NeighborWorks, which maintains a list of more than 200 local affiliates that provide housing assistance.