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VISIONS Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired will use this award to improve their Summer Youth Work Experience Training (SYWET) program, which places participants into paid summer internships.

Community Works will use this award to strengthen the literacy component of their Making a Difference (MaD) arts and literacy program.

What are the challenges of building an out-of-school-time system for high school youth?

Support was given to Morningside Center for a collaborative project with the University of Virginia to continue to develop and bring to scale the CLASS/My Teaching Partner as a tool for the...

Support was given for the development of a series of reports from the Brookings Institution (titled “Brown Center Letter on Education Policy.”)

After-school programs are designed to provide safe venues for academic enhancement, recreation, and positive youth development. They can be a place in children’s communities that can foster...

How do negative family dynamics influence children’s biological processes and their subsequent susceptibility to upper respiratory infections (URI)?

Martinez and Borko will test the reliability and validity of a measure of “Quality Assessment” in middle school science that combines use of classroom artifacts and teacher and student surveys.

Christian Herald Association (CHA) will use this award to restructure their Kids with a Promise (KWAP) after-school program.

Support was given to evaluate and disseminate findings from National Youth Employment Coalition’s (NYEC) Promising and Effective Practices Network (PEPNet) Pilot Accreditation for Youth Workforce...