This post is part of Transform Consulting Group’s blog series highlighting federal programs that provide education opportunities and/or youth development services in communities. The Federal Pell Grant Program, managed by the U.S. Department of...
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New Tool to Measure Social Impact
The Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) has developed a new tool to measure the impact of public programs. The Social Impact Calculator is a first-of-its-kind, free, tool that attempts to assign a dollar value to publicly funded programs. The Social Impact...
Institutional Services Division Higher Education Programs: Applications Accepted Through December 18
The Office of Postsecondary Education’s Institutional Services Division recently announced that it will be accepting applications for eligibility for several of the 2015 grants awarded to institutions of higher education aimed to provide students with the...
Reauthorizing the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program
This post is part of Transform Consulting Group’s blog series highlighting federal programs that provide education and youth development services in communities. The Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) is a federal program that provides assistance...
NBC News Launched a New App for Parents
The Parent Toolkit App is a one-stop shop resource produced and developed with parents and families in mind. Produced by NBC News Education Nation and sponsored by Pearson, this free toolkit is available in English and Spanish on iOS (Apple) and Android devices...
Press Release: Apply To Be One Of First State-Funded Pre-K Providers in Indiana
Indiana’s Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning (OECOSL) is now accepting applications for “On My Way Pre-K” preschool grants. The office is inviting high-quality early learning providers in Allen, Jackson, Lake, Marion and Vanderburgh counties...
Transformational Organization: Tangram Life Coaching
In 2010, the National Center for Leaning Disabilities reported only 17 percent of learning-disabled college students received proper learning assistance, compared to 94 percent of learning-disabled high school students. As a result, learning disabled young...
Federal Program Spotlight: Head Start and Early Head Start
Transform Consulting Group is starting a new blog series highlighting different federal programs that provide education and youth development services in communities. Head Start and Early Head Start are federal programs administered by the Department of...
New Tech Network Addresses the Challenge of Teaching Soft Skills
New Tech Network, a California-based organization, has developed one way to tackle the lack of “employability skills” in the labor market. New Tech Network transforms schools into innovative learning environments with dynamic, project-based curriculums. The...
New Indiana Report on Out-of-School Time
The Indiana Afterschool Network (IAN) released a new report last week, “The Power of Afterschool in Indiana”, that includes data regarding out-of-school time (OST) programs in Indiana. The report includes information for a variety of stakeholders, including...