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Download full textCorporation for National and Community Service, 2017
The Social Innovation Fund (SIF), a program of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), supports the growth of effective programs, and the development of innovative approaches to solve the country's most intractable problems. The SIF directs resources towards efforts in the areas of youth development, economic opportunity, and…
Descriptors: Innovation, National Programs, Community Programs, Youth Programs
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Direct linkArney, Jo; Canada, Mark; Dale, Timothy – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2018
At the beginning of the 2016 academic year 77,214 freshman students at 44 campuses began the fall semester participating in the Re-Imagining the First Year (RFY) initiative of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). These 44 institutions have formed a learning community that reviews and shares evidence-based practices,…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, College Freshmen, Campuses, Evidence Based Practice
Kerrigan, Monica Reid; Slater, Doug – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2010
Launched in 2003, "Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count" is a multiyear national initiative designed to improve educational outcomes for community college students, particularly students of color and low-income students. Supported by Lumina Foundation for Education and other funders, the initiative has grown to include 98…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, National Programs, Educational Change, School Readiness
Puma, Michael; Bell, Stephen; Cook, Ronna; Heid, Camilla; Shapiro, Gary; Broene, Pam; Jenkins, Frank; Fletcher, Philip; Quinn, Liz; Friedman, Janet; Ciarico, Janet; Rohacek, Monica; Adams, Gina; Spier, Elizabeth – Administration for Children & Families, 2010
This Technical Report is designed to provide technical detail to support the analysis and findings presented in the "Head Start Impact Study Final Report" (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, January 2010). Chapter 1 provides an overview of the Head Start Impact Study and its findings. Chapter 2 provides technical information on the…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Low Income Groups, Kindergarten
Newman, Constance – US Department of Agriculture, 2006
Income volatility challenges the functioning of the safety net provided by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) food assistance programs for low-income families in time of need. Low-income families may be on a see-saw of income changes that make it difficult for program administrators to accurately target benefits and to define sensible…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Income, Change
Wallworth, John – Worklife, 1979
Describes a number of employment projects for low-income persons over age 55 nationwide through the Employment and Training Administration's Senior Community Service Program. Many public and private agencies are program sponsors, some for several years, receiving federal funds through grants to states. (MF)
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Aid, Job Placement, Job Training
Dowling, Susan – School Library Journal, 1997
Discusses how, with support from Library Power, a national initiative that stresses collaboration between librarians and teachers, positive changes were brought about in an elementary school in a primarily lower-income section of Brooklyn. The students recreated the Cinderella story and made a multimedia presentation, and the library was…
Descriptors: Change, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement
Lasater, Thomas M.; And Others – 1976
The progress of the Birmingham Parent-Child Development Center (PCDC) in meeting the requirements of the first phase of the national PCDC project is described in this final report. Funded in 1970 by the Office of Economic Opportunity, the Birmingham project, like two other PCDC projects, was aimed at developing a parent education model which would…
Descriptors: Community Education, Educational Objectives, Infants, Intervention
Blumenthal, Janet B.; And Others – 1976
The first 5 years (Phase I) of the New Orleans Parent-Child Development Center (PCDC) project are described in this report. Funded in 1970 by the Office of Economic Opportunity, the New Orleans PCDC project, like two other PCDC projects, was aimed at developing a parent education model which would help low-income mothers enhance the development of…
Descriptors: Community Education, Infants, Intervention, Low Income Groups
