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The Literacy Assistance Center (LAC) is a non-profit professional development and technical assistance organization dedicated to improving the quality of adult literacy services. Since 1983, the LAC has been working to strengthen and expand the Adult Basic Education (ABE), High School Equivalency (HSE), and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) teachers and programs that serve New York’s most educationally disadvantaged and economically marginalized adults.
Our mission is to improve the quality of life in our community by promoting and achieving literacy. The Coalition serves as the leading advocate for literacy in Palm Beach County by developing and maintaining highly visible literacy programs and serving as a catalyst for innovative strategies. We act as an information networking and referral center while facilitating collaborative efforts among literacy providers. We lead and unify the community in literacy initiatives. As we strive to build a literate community, our efforts are focused on our most economically and educationally disadvantaged neighbors. Each year approximately 27,000 children, adolescents and adults benefit from our 10 direct service programs. We help young children enter kindergarten with essential school readiness skills. We tutor elementary school age students to help them improve their reading skills. We mentor adolescents and young adults so that they will stay in school, graduate on time and be prepared for further education or to enter the workforce. We teach adults with limited literacy so that they can gain employment, receive promotions and earn a family-sustaining wage. We work with families to establish a legacy of literacy.
MATHCOUNTS provides engaging math programs to U.S. middle school students of all ability levels to build confidence and improve attitudes about math and problem solving.
Midtown Educational Foundation, through its Midtown Center for boys and Metro Achievement Center for girls, helps close the achievement gap for Chicago’s under-served urban youth ages eight through eighteen. How do we accomplish this? MEF integrates academics, virtues,and exposure to the world of opportunity beyond the classroom for each child it serves. Programs engage parents and adult mentors in developing students of strong character with a desire for academic excellence, a college education, and service to others.
The Nonprofit Leadership Alliance strengthens the social sector with a talented, prepared workforce.
Our Mission is to engage, educate, and inspire youth from urban and diverse backgrounds through science-based exploration of the ocean and nature, preparing them to be tomorrow's scientific and environmental leaders. Our Vision is to empower these young people to protect our ocean and natural environment, improve the health of our communities, and strengthen the quality of life in our world.
The Parent-Child Home Program’s (PCHP) nationwide network of program sites provides under-resourced families with the necessary tools to ensure their children achieve their greatest potential in school and in life. We assist underserved communities in replicating and expanding our proven school readiness program that supports early parent-child verbal interaction and learning at home.The proven Program effectively bridges the achievement gap through its unique focus on intensive home visiting (twice a week over a two year period) with two and three-year-olds and their parents. Highly trained community based early literacy specialists model reading, play, and conversation activities using books and educational toys that are gifts to the family.
The Partnership for After School Education (PASE) is a child-focused organization that promotes and supports quality afterschool programs, particularly those serving young people from underserved communities.
At Prep for Prep, we envision a nation guided by ethical and effective leaders who reflect our diverse society. Through our education, leadership development, and professional advancement programs, we prepare New York City’s most promising students of color for success at top independent schools in the Northeast and support their academic and personal growth through their college graduation. Today, more than 5,000 students and alumni are leaders in almost every field imaginable.
Project GRAD Atlanta provides critical academic, behavioral, social services, and college access interventions for traditionally-underserved populations of students from economically-disadvantaged communities attending Atlanta public schools.
Project Lead The Way (PLTW) is the nation’s leading provider of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs. As a nonprofit organization, PLTW’s mission is simple: prepare students for the global economy. To compete globally, the future U.S. workforce will require stronger skills in the STEM disciplines. It’s not about turning more students into engineers – it’s about building tomorrow’s problem solvers, critical thinkers, and innovators. This is where PLTW excels.