Community & Wraparound Programs
For decades, these clinics have provided a wide range of health care to students, offering vaccines, teeth cleaning, or help for mental health struggles, all at no cost.
At Detroit’s Downtown Boxing Gym, students attending after-school programs are required to show up at least three times a week.
City officials have looked to peer support models to improve student mental health — training youth to support one another as school communities recover from the pandemic.
Summer programs are open to all students living in Newark and includes enrichment activities, specialized programs for high schoolers, and mandatory academic programs.
New York City is aiming to have a ‘family connector’ in each of the city’s 1,600 public schools, helping parents access city resources such as housing and food support.
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Student OMNY card changes for next year could include the material they’re made of, the ability to use them on cellphones, and who is eligible, officials said Thursday.
As some schools have been waiting several weeks for student OMNY card replacements, families and educators worry about migrant students with non-working cards.
Commonpoint, a Queens-based social and youth services organization, is taking over the Boys and Girls Club in Crotona that closed last year.
Most eligible families will receive the Summer EBT funds automatically. But last year among NY families required to apply, few submitted applications, according to state data.
TDF, the nonprofit that offers steep discounts to live performances, is offering a free membership as a “graduation gift” to all New York City public school seniors.
The city is funding a guaranteed income program for the first time ever, joining a growing movement of antipoverty programs across the country.
FutureReadyNYC, which helps schools launch career tracks in education, technology, business, and health care, is expanding to 36 new schools, Mayor Eric Adams announced Monday.
Candidates promised a bigger child tax credit. A Republican-controlled Congress will decide its fate next year.
Roughly one in eight students in New York City’s public school system were living in temporary housing last school year, according to Advocates for Children.
The initiative, from My Brothers Keeper and Rutgers Newark, aims to prepare educators to help advance post-pandemic recovery.
Washington Heights, an area that has recently welcomed more migrant students, is losing after-school seats in a state funding overhaul.
In some communities, a large share of homeless students live in hotels, where they struggle to get enough sleep and face exposure to violence.
The cost of providing breakfast and lunch for free to all students may restrict the growth of universal school meals in states.
Usher is visiting clubs across the country to raise awareness about the lack of access to quality after-school programming.