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Student Mobility: What Happens When Students Frequently Change Schools?
What happens when students frequently change schools during the school year? How fast do their records get transferred? Are lesson plans still same? How many days do they miss? High mobility often means students have a harder time staying on track with their academic achievement and engaging with teachers and peers. Join us to learn about how organizations and communities across the country...
Summer learning programs
Provide academic instruction to students during the summer, often along with enrichment activities such as art or outdoor activities
Summer youth employment programs
Provide short-term employment opportunities for youth, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits
Explore ways to increase Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program benefit amounts for aged, blind, or disabled individuals, including children, with little or no income
Syringe services programs
Provide sterile injection equipment and often other treatment and referral services to people who inject drugs; also called needle or syringe exchange programs and needle syringe programs
Tackling Poverty In Rural Communities
Imagine a community where every person can decide who they want to be “when they grow up”…a chef, doctor, electrician, entrepreneur, homemaker, lawyer? What would it look like if every child had self-determination? Join us to hear how Weber County, UT is working together on an Intergenerational Poverty Initiative to influence...
Taking a local health and equity approach to climate change
Join us to explore the connections between climate change and our health. We'll examine how policies like redlining have increased inequities related to climate change and how public health practitioners and communities can take action to mitigate the effects of climate change.
Tax increment financing (TIF) for affordable housing
Create designated tax districts that generate revenue to invest in affordable housing initiatives, blight remediation, and economic development efforts
Technology enhanced classroom instruction
Incorporate technology into classroom instruction via computer-assisted instruction programs, computer-managed learning programs, use of interactive white boards, etc.
Teen pregnancy prevention programs
Support school-, community-, and clinic-based teen pregnancy prevention programs such as comprehensive sex education, HIV/STI prevention and youth development efforts, service learning, etc.