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Sep 25, 2020

Free early learning software available to children entering kindergarten in 2021

A spokesperson for Waterford UPSTART shares with Good Things Utah how the program is ensuring access to quality pre-K education for families across the state, including families that are unserved or underserved by existing pre-K options.

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Sep 24, 2020

Youth Villages’ Patrick Lawler to receive Jefferson Award, but it’s not last chapter

Multiplying Good honored Youth Villages CEO Pat Lawler with the 2020 Jefferson Award for Outstanding Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged for his work supporting foster care youth and transforming foster care systems.

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Sep 22, 2020

Step Up to Help Your Grantees Survive

The Center for Effective Philanthropy cites Blue Meridian as an example of pooling philanthropic capital to better support social sector leaders.

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Sep 21, 2020

NJ DCF To Launch Program for Older Youth in Foster Care

Insider NJ shares the launch of the Youth Villages LifeSet program in New Jersey, which will support youth as they transition out of the state’s foster care system.

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Sep 17, 2020

How to Help Parents Who Are Struggling to Provide for Their Kids

The New York Times highlights COVID-19 Emergency Relief investees GiveDirectly and No Kid Hungry as organizations that are providing critical support for families most impacted by the crisis.

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Sep 11, 2020

How Philanthropy Could Embrace More High-Risk, High-Reward Projects

In an article for Inside Philanthropy, Stuart Buck of Arnold Ventures cites Blue Meridian as an example of philanthropists taking on “projects with longer-lasting, broader impact” to solve important social problems.

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Sep 11, 2020

How to Apply to College During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Teen Vogue highlights College Possible—a Studio @ Blue Meridian participant—as one organization that’s helping low-income and first-generation students navigate the college admissions process amid the ongoing pandemic.

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Sep 10, 2020

Programs For Student Parents Need Greater Focus On ROI (Cost + Career Connections)

Forbes highlights Social Finance as one of several organizations creating pathways to economic mobility for student parents by helping them finance their higher education and career goals.

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Sep 9, 2020

Returning Home: Funders Match a State’s Commitment to Prisoner Reentry

Inside Philanthropy highlights the Justice and Mobility Fund’s investment in the Center for Employment Opportunities’ Returning Citizen Stimulus, which is assisting formerly incarcerated individuals amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Sep 8, 2020

Pandemic poses challenges for Youth Villages’ LifeSet program

The Daily Memphian shares how Youth Villages is overcoming new challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic to support youths transitioning out of the foster care system.