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New Website!
We are excited to launch the latest version of our website! Please explore to find out more about our work and the ways in which you can participate in the developing and maintaining of strong opportunities for the children and youth of New Orleans. We look forward to hearing from you. Be sure to visit us on facebook as well!
Summer 2009 NOLA Research
We had another successful summer on the research front! The Partnership ran focus groups at 11 summer program sites. We met with a total of 170 youth and 85 parents to learn their thoughts about summer, afterschool, and what youth success means to them. We also partnered with Christina Ryder and Associates LLC, a private research firm, to gather data about summer feeding in New Orleans. Research briefs and full reports on our findings will be available in October.
CityBusiness 2009 Innovator of the Year Award
Afterschool Partnership’s Youth Mapping Initiative, a youth-driven project to gather, collect, and update information and opportunities for youth and families in our community and neighborhoods, has received a CityBusiness 2009 Innovator of the Year Award.
We are proud to be part of this elite group of accomplished organizations, businesses, and individuals who are being recognized because they succeed by operating progressively or create unique products. CityBusiness will announce the top three innovators on September 25. Congratulations to all of the…
Private Funding Opportunities (Sep 14, 2009)
Childhood Hunger Great American Bake Sale Grant, DUE 9/30
http://tinyurl.com/2ghgpm
State Farm Youth Advisory Board Grant, DUE 10/2
http://www.statefarmyab.com/apply.php
United Health Heroes Childhood Obesity Grant, DUE 10/2
http://tinyurl.com/qhlzpz
Lowes Toolbox for Education Grant, DUE 10/16
http://www.toolboxforeducation.com/
LEGOS Fund to Support Youth Creativity, DUE 11/1
http://tinyurl.com/mby6pq
From the Executive Director’s Desk
Gina will be using this area to provide her insight into current projects, opportunities on the horizon, and ideas that are important to our work and community. Check back regularly for new entries.
First Book New Orleans
First Book-Greater New Orleans is excited to announce our next round of book grants for the 2008-2009 school year! Since the 2007 academic year, we have been able to grant over 42,600 brand new books to over 77 literacy programs (under-resourced classrooms, daycare centers, after school tutoring programs, etc.) serving 10,000 children from low-income families in the New Orleans area. Each child receives an average of 4-5 new books throughout the year to start their own personal home libraries. What…
Education Reform and Expanded Learning Opportunities
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was signed into law on February 17, 2009 and provides Louisiana with a unique opportunity to improve how we educate and care for our children and youth. The Afterschool Partnership is currently tracking ARRA and the Federal FY2010 Budget, including new legislation and funding regulations related to time and expanded learning opportunities, education reform, child care, summer learning and the critical role of community partners in eliminating the achievement gap. We will…
Congratulations to Dara Lum
Dara has been selected to the inaugural class of the Innovation in Louisiana Government Fellowship (ILGF). The Fellowship will drive a culture of leadership and innovation in social service delivery, to better serve our most vulnerable children and families. As a candidate, Dara will work on a project to design creative and cost-effective strategies to improve quality and access of child care for school-age children and youth. ILGF is sponsored by the Louisiana Department of Social Services in conjunction with…
NORD Citizens Advisory Panel
The NORD Report is available here. This report was presented by the NORD Citizens Advisory Panel (NORDcap), a diverse group of business, community, and neighborhood leaders, to New Orleans City Council and provides a grand vision for the NORD that will give our children and youth the high quality recreation opportunities they deserve.
Connect2Educate Collaborative Launches New Website Featuring the C2E Notebook
Connect2Educate, a local collaborative of organizations whose mission is to connect resources with New Orleans public schools, has launched a new website (www.connect2educate.org), featuring the C2E Notebook, which contains profiles of 106 organizations that serve public schools and public school children in Orleans Parish.
Formed in 2008, the C2E Collaborative coordinated a networking event among school representatives and community resource providers in March 2009, and published the C2E Notebook, which details more than 100 organizations whose programming is…
