Urban league of Northwest Receives High-Quality Summer Programming Grant

Urban League of Northwest Among Indiana Department of Education Recipients of High-Quality Summer Programming Grant

Urban League of Northwest Among Indiana Department of Education Recipients of High-Quality Summer Programming Grant (Indianapolis, IN) — Last week, the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) announced the recipients of the Expanding What Works grant, a new opportunity designed to increase access to high-quality summer programming for over 3,000 Hoosier students. The Urban League of Northwest Indiana was among the coveted list slated to received $1.1 million.

“The Urban League of NWI is pleased to be identified as a regional partner in support of the vision of Dr. Katie Jenner and The Indiana Department of Education, The Mind Trust, and The Lavinia Group to provide five weeks of reading and math support for first through ninth-grade students, under the Student Recovery Grant-Expanding What Works,” said Urban League of NWI President and CEO Dr. Vanessa Allen-McCloud. “In collaboration with DHB & Associates, Ltd. who wrote and will coordinate this grant opportunity with us, we are poised to advance student achievement in Gary, Indiana.”

The grant encourages regional collaboration between community organizations, local nonprofits, municipal partners and/or local school corporations to expand the successful Indy Summer Learning Labs (ISLL) initiative across the state, specifically targeting students with the greatest academic need.

 

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