As summer is coming to an end, children across the nation are preparing to get back to school. Many families, however, are unable to properly prepare their children for school because they lack the income to provide school necessities. This month there are many organizations that are accepting donations for children in elementary through high […]
Read More →August is back to school month! This can be a difficult time for low income families as purchasing school supplies, uniforms/new clothes, breakfasts/ lunches, etc. can be costly. An initiative that can help mitigate the costs of hot lunch for these families is the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). The NSLP is a federal meal […]
Read More →Today marks the 28th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)! In 1990, President Bush signed the act into law; this was our nation’s first act that was created specifically to serve people with disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act is a civil rights law that protects people with disabilities from discrimination in the […]
Read More →Yesterday, the CEO of Chicago Public Schools (CPS), Janice Jackson and the mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel announced that 26 million dollars will be added to the CPS budget to add 160 social workers and 94 special education case workers beginning this school year 2018-2019. Full time social workers will go to 160 schools and […]
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