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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
... underscoring that poverty is not just a lack of financial resources, but a complex web of interconnected challenges. ... needs of their workforce and local nonprofits to provide resources and support to help clients move forward on their ...

Op-Ed: Families Need Child Care Resources Now More than Ever

Child Care
Friday, October 16, 2020
... Working families urgently need access to safe child care resources. Government, non-profits, and local businesses have ... crisis. According to the 2020 Overlooked and Undercounted Report from PathWays PA, Chester County is the most expensive ... COVID-19 has particularly exposed the disparities in resources for working moms. It is critical for government and ...

Ten Philly Elementary Schools Awarded $500K in “Good To Great” Grants to Strengthen Early Literacy Programs

Wednesday, April 24, 2019
... needs. Grants are designed to overcome limited resources to help schools tackle challenges faced by specific ... Penn Foundation. “By giving individual schools the resources to implement the specific early literacy ... reading collections F. Amedee Bregy School : Books and resources to build The Nest, a dedicated family library ...
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Successful ‘Read To Succeed’ Summer Program Goes Virtual

Read to Succeed
Monday, June 22, 2020
... from very different backgrounds and have very different resources, opportunities and supports outside of school. ... “As I have said many times before, education is the anchor that opens up the door to success,” said Tobias ... identifies, coordinates and connects philanthropic resources to level the playing field in local public schools. ...
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William Penn Foundation previews revised programs and grantmaking approach

William Penn Foundation new funding areas
Thursday, May 16, 2024
... by connecting more people to more opportunities and more resources. We will aim to do that particularly for groups of ...

National Movement for Children’s Literacy Converges on Philadelphia

Thursday, July 19, 2018
... Friday at The Logan Philadelphia hotel and other nearby sites. “GLR Week in Philadelphia is more than a conference ... and support the Philadelphia community by providing resources and training for local educators, a wonderful ... our philanthropic, political, cultural and community based resources, we could bring these extremely important topics ...
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Philadelphia Health Partnership Designates Funds to Support the Launch of Two New Early Childhood Programs

Thursday, September 8, 2022
... Creek , which will join a national network of HealthySteps sites working to transform pediatric care by promoting ... the new Fund will engage community members to allocate resources in support of early childhood organizing, advocacy, ... grant of $65,000 for advocacy, organizing, and coalition building to increase children’s health access, prevent ...

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

Salem Halth & Wellness Foundation
Thursday, August 17, 2023
... an improved and reconfigured use of existing and new resources. Salem County has had among the lowest health and ... children. We want parents to be equipped with knowledge, resources and services to build a healthy future for their ... all parents and young children have access to necessary resources to excel.

Vanguard Supports First-of-Its-Kind Project Integrating Home Visiting Nurses into Pediatric Primary Care Setting

Thursday, September 5, 2019

A new pilot progam at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) made possible by a generous grant from the Vanguard Strong Start for Kids Program™ integrates home visiting nurses into the pediatric primary care setting.

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

Tuesday, June 30, 2020
... ensure that all Philadelphians have the opportunities and resources needed to thrive.” EARLY LEARNING WPF has a long ... time (OST) programming it provides to 250 youth at 11 sites. PHA and its partner organizations will redesign and ... the “Lunch and Literacy” program at three PHA sites. PHA is working to substantially expand internet access ...

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

Wednesday, January 19, 2022

The groups announced 17 local organizations will receive a total of $192,000 in City funding to conduct grassroots outreach to maximize the number of Philadelphia households claiming the newly expanded federal Child Tax Credit.

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

Thursday, July 21, 2022
... clean air and water, and safe housing and neighborhoods. Building upon CHOP’s 5-year, $25 million  Healthier ...