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National Movement for Children’s Literacy Converges on Philadelphia

Thursday, July 19, 2018
... Reading Week (GLR Week in Philadelphia), the nation’s most significant convening focused on early learning, ... Campaign for Grade-Level Reading is convening the weeklong event for funders, national and state leaders, partners in ... esteemed Author Events series. Her book, “What the Eyes Don’t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance and ...
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Ten Philly Elementary Schools Awarded $500K in “Good To Great” Grants to Strengthen Early Literacy Programs

Wednesday, April 24, 2019
... The Good to Great program enhances the District’s robust early literacy strategy and supports individual ... literacy progress among its youngest students to the next level using school data, lessons learned, and ... plans and strategies. There are three pillars to what we do: champion strategic priorities, manage funds, and ...
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The Starting Line: Behind a Push by Foundations to Expand Access to Childcare in Their Cities

Thursday, September 6, 2018
... to pre-K becomes more common, childcare could be the next frontier for funders focused on early childhood learning ... to bolster working families.  Ira Goldstein, the fund’s president of policy solutions, describes the Reinvestment ... Weinbaum said. “That was our baseline information. What is the scope of our challenge here? No one could really ...
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William Penn Foundation previews revised programs and grantmaking approach

William Penn Foundation new funding areas
Thursday, May 16, 2024
... we shared our plans to review and update the Foundation’s grantmaking areas and practices, which had been in place for a decade. Our work since then helped us to understand how ... organizations, large and small – who are the experts on what your neighborhoods, constituents, and stakeholders need. ...

William Penn Foundation Launches Informal Learning Initiative

Thursday, September 14, 2017
... initiative to connect children and families in the city's low-income neighborhoods to informal literacy-rich learning ... serve approximately 1,780 children and will make it easier for partners to take early learning programming directly to ... Great Learning Program at the William Penn Foundation. "What the Informal Learning Initiative is designed to do is ...
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All K-3 students in School District of Philadelphia to receive free books every month

Elliot Weinbaum
Monday, June 3, 2019
... a four-year partnership that will expand Book Trust’s program to reach all of the District’s 150 elementary ... the Book Trust program in Philadelphia schools over the next four years.  In the coming year, Book Trust will be in ... communities in the United States, there is just one book for every 300 children, compared to middle-income families ...
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Vanguard Supports First-of-Its-Kind Project Integrating Home Visiting Nurses into Pediatric Primary Care Setting

Thursday, September 5, 2019
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) launched a new pilot ... by a generous grant from the Vanguard Strong Start for Kids Program ™. This project is just one of several ... child care services. "This project captures the essence of what Vanguard Strong Start for Kids was created to do. It ...

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Health Equity Receives $1M Grant from Bank of America

Thursday, July 21, 2022
The  Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s  (CHOP)  Center for Health Equity  received a $1 million grant from Bank of ... at no cost to families. Block Builds will now expand our reach to doing exterior repairs for the entire ...

New grocery store experiment hopes to inspire learning

"Talk it Up"
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
... -- If you're grocery shopping in Philadelphia over the next year you might run into a cherubic cartoon character ... is that parents will see household tasks as opportunities for learning instead of chores to endure. Based on  research ... in how adults think about educating their young ones. "What I think we really want people to realize is that it ...
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Collaborative IMPACT Fund of Bucks County Awards $75,000 Grant

Members of the Along the Way team accept the $75,000 IMPACT Bucks Grant from a coalition of local funders
Monday, July 15, 2024
... development, childcare, and family support program for single mother households. The grant is the result of a ... From left to right: Nicole Tell, BLBB Charitable’s Executive Director, Foundations Community Partnership CEO ... Bucks Grant and the long-lasting effect it will have on our community." In a joint statement by BLBB Charitable, BCF, ...

CEO, Scattergood Announce Local Organizations Funded to Conduct Grassroots Outreach for Child Tax Credit

Wednesday, January 19, 2022
... newly expanded federal Child Tax Credit. President Biden's American Rescue Plan, passed last March, increased the ... Child Tax Credit from $2,000 per child to $3,000 per child for children over the age of six, and from $2,000 to $3,600 ... are already serving families with low incomes will enhance our outreach by adding trusted messengers who have a track ...

Vanguard awards $1.63M to childhood learning effort

Friday, April 27, 2018
... Twitter Pictured: Carra Cote-Ackah, director of Vanguard’s Community Stewardship efforts, speaks with children and families at the Drexel Dornsife Center for Neighborhood Partnerships. The program is funded by ... for young children to learn, grow and thrive in our local communities.” Vanguard’s Strong Start for Kids ...
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Op-Ed: Families Need Child Care Resources Now More than Ever

Child Care
Friday, October 16, 2020
... health crisis, but it has exposed the existing crisis for quality and affordable child care as well. Parents have ... Report, on average in Pennsylvania, 40% of a single mom’s annual income goes to child care. Elected officials, ... County Government initiative that is also supporting our public schools and non-profits, two mainstays also ...

William Penn Foundation Awards Additional $2.6M to Support COVID-19 Relief, Recovery Efforts in Philadelphia

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
... (WPF) today announced $2.6 million in additional support for efforts that address the impacts on Philadelphians of ... and food access. The grants detailed below advance WPF’s commitment to supporting regional COVID-19 recovery in ways ... of William Penn Foundation. “Back to normal’ is not our goal, nor should it be; we know that our country’s ...

Salem Health & Wellness Foundation awards $25K to Southern NJ Perinatal Cooperative

Salem Halth & Wellness Foundation
Thursday, August 17, 2023
... a $25,000 planning grant as part of its Salem Smart Start for Parents and Children initiative, with a possibility of a ... Board to support the efforts of the initiative. “Our partnership with Southern New Jersey Perinatal ... Mission:  The Salem Health and Wellness Foundation's mission is to invest in sustainable initiatives that ...

Philadelphia Health Partnership Designates Funds to Support the Launch of Two New Early Childhood Programs

Thursday, September 8, 2022
... a three-year $248,281 grant to PolicyLab at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to help fund local ... by promoting nurturing parenting and healthy development for babies and toddlers so they are prepared for school and ... development of children from prenatal to age five. “Our long-term commitment to supporting the positive ...
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Advancing Equitable and Adequate School Funding in PA

Wednesday, June 23, 2021
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Video Conference
... 3:15 PM to discuss the lawsuit challenging Pennsylvania’s school funding system. Pennsylvania’s school funding is ... deep inequality in PA public schools. The suit is asking for a court order that will force the legislature to comply ... Frequently Asked Questions  - Education Law Center Fund Our Schools PA Pa. schools need an additional $4.6 billion to ...

Nonprofit Organizations Awarded More than $8 Million from William Penn Foundation for Continued Relief Efforts Supporting Philadelphia Families

William Penn Foundation
Thursday, June 17, 2021
... focused on families’ basic needs and children’s education as Philadelphians continue to be impacted by the ... of organizations providing access to healthy food, support for families to stay in their homes, and enhanced K-12 ... emphasis on organizations that reflect and engage the communities they serve,” Haas said. “We are pleased to ...

Successful ‘Read To Succeed’ Summer Program Goes Virtual

Read to Succeed
Monday, June 22, 2020
... will begin on July 6, and the registration deadline for the four-week program has been extended to June 25. ... grade in literacy over the summer months. The program's goals of promoting literacy and preventing the phenomenon ... efforts are particularly essential given the state of our world.” Statistics show that 65 percent of School ...
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