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Community Data Sources Webinar
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IPA’s Community Data Sources program features Cynthia Cunningham of Community Solutions showing our members where to find and how to use free online data tools.
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Children's Savings Accounts
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In this webinar you will learn why CSAs are important to the future of our communities; evidence about the impact of CSAs, and about innovative programming that seeks to address the limitations of traditional scholarship and financial aid programs through CSAs.
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Measuring What Matters
This report explores the extent to which community colleges dedicated to student success make a significant difference in the lives of their graduates after college.
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Workforce Ready: Education Statistics for Effective Grantmaking
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Indiana Commission for Higher Education (ICHE) discusses ways funders can use the latest Indiana education statistics to develop grantmaking priorities and community initiatives.
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Scholarships for Nontraditional Students and Those Falling Through the Financial Cracks
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Community Foundation of Grant County and Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust share information about scholarships and ways they partner with schools to provide special outreach and support to students.
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Mentoring and Work Readiness Webinar
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Learn how agencies and foundations can effectively support low-income and minority students as they prepare to enter the workforce.
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Wrap-Around Services and Work Readiness
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- Learn how foundations can support holistic efforts to help nontraditional students earn a high school diploma and move to the next step in their education.
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Analysis of Funding that Supports Early Childhood Programs and Services in Indiana
This memo identifies the type of funding, the source of funding, the funding recipients and how the funds are used (categorized by ELAC’s focus areas of accessibility, affordability and high quality).
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Coffee Talk: The Polis Center
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Sharon Kandris, Director of Community Informatics at The Polis Center, discusses how Indiana foundations and their grantees can use community informatics (information and communication technologies).
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Coffee Talk: Indiana Department of Education, Outreach Division of School Improvement
Debbie Yates, Outreach Coordinator for Region 9 (Marion County), provides an overview of the Outreach Division of School Improvement and how it works to implement IDOE's community approach to educating children and building support systems for schools. Debbie talks about several particular initiatives (Hoosier Family of Readers, Family Friendly Schools, and STEM assessment/designation) and how foundations can get involved.