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(HOUSING) Public-Private Partnership Provides Funds for Low-Income Efforts
   The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, major financial institutions and the federal government are joining forces on an innovative partnership to finance the preservation of federally-subsidized rental housing in underserved markets Through its $150 million rental housing preservatio...
posted 12/16/10 06:34 AM  read complete story

(HEALTH CARE) WY Funds Pilot Project for Low-Income Workers
   Wyoming launches a state-funded pilot program called Healthy Frontiers to provide basic health insurance to state residents at or below 200% of the poverty level, who work a minimum of 20 hours per week and lack health coverage from their employer.  The program is not intended to be a full-serv...
posted 12/15/10 06:22 AM  read complete story

(NUTRITION) Report Finds Four Cities Have Winning Child Hunger Programs
   A new report finds childhood hunger efforts in four cities have the potential to serve as models for other localities. Strategies to Combat Childhood Hunger in Four U.S. Cities, offered by the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) and the Sodexo Foundation, finds initiatives in Boston, New Haven, CT, Sa...
posted 12/2/10 06:18 AM  read complete story

(STATES) Recovery Funds Aid Efforts to Develop Early Childhood Systems
   A new National Governors Association (NGA) report offers insights on ways states can integrate federal, state and private funds to develop high-quality early childhood systems that adequately prepare children age birth to five for success in school and later life Building Ready States: A Governor's...
posted 11/3/10 06:50 AM  read complete story

(EDUCATION) VA Uses Public-Private Funds to Implement Digital Program
   Through a public-private funding partnerships, the Virginia Dept. of Education starts the Beyond Textbooks initiative to explore the potential of digital textbooks to enhance teaching and learning and reduce state textbook costs. Some 300 students in four of the state's school districts are using ...
posted 10/27/10 06:43 AM  read complete story

(HIGHER EDUCATION) IN Report Offers Ways to Streamline Aid Funds
   As state and federal governments grapple with improving the nation's student loan programs, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education offers a series of recommendations for maximizing the effectiveness of its financial aid resources. Recommendations include: (1) targeting aid to adult students b...
posted 10/13/10 06:15 AM  read complete story

(WORKFORCE) CO Streamlines Process to Include All Stakeholders in Decisions
   Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter (D) reorganizes the state's workforce funding efforts following a report by his Jobs Cabinet recommending modernization of the Colorado Workforce Development Council. The realignment of the council, which oversees and supports Workforce Investment Board efforts statewide, ...
posted 9/28/10 06:44 AM  read complete story

(EDUCATION) NM Partnership Focuses on STEM Enhancements
   New Mexico launches a Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) Network that will improve the state's school curriculum through public and private involvement. The cornerstone of the effort is a public/private partnership between K-12 school districts, higher education institutions,...
posted 9/21/10 08:51 AM  read complete story

(EDUCATION) Partnership Uses Federal Funds to Improve STEM Instruction
   Connecticut is using federal Mathematics & Science Partnership (MSP) (CFDA Number: 84.366B) funding to launch a three-year initiative to strengthen science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) instruction in elementary schools. The initiative is a collaborative effort between three school ...
posted 9/15/10 06:31 AM  read complete story

(HOMELESS) WA Effort Is Model for White House Funding Revisions
   A new Washington State effort is the kind of partnerships that the White House wants to see as it plans to overhaul the Continuum of Care (CoC) program--the nation's primary homeless funding program. In the effort, King, Pierce & Snohomish counties in the state have joined forces and secured $6...
posted 9/1/10 06:29 AM  read complete story