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28
Business
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04/17/2014

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Term
Acelero Learning
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Early Childhood/Education
-Partner: Tripp Jones
-Mission:The mission of Acelero Learning is to bring a relentless focus on positive child and family outcomes
to close the achievement gap and build a better future for
children, families, and communities served by the Head Start program.
Term
AVANCE
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Early Childhood/Education
-Partner: Kim Syman
-Mission: AVANCE's mission is to unlock America’s potential by strengthening families in at-risk communities through effective parent education and support programs.
Term
College Advising Corps
Definition
-Sector/Domain:Poverty Alleviation
-Partner:Lisa Jackson
-Mission:Advising Corps' mission is to increase the number of low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented students entering and completing higher education.
Term
College Possible
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Education
-Partner: Tulaine Montgomery
-Mission: College Possible is making college admission and success possible for low-income students through an intensive curriculum of coaching and support.
Term
College Summit
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Education
-Partner: Vanessa Kirsch
-Mission: College Summit's mission is to increase the college enrollment rate of low-income students.
Term
Educators 4 Excellence (E4E)
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Education
-Partner: Tulaine Montgomery
-Mission: Educators 4 Excellence works to ensure that the voices of classroom teachers are included in the decisions that affect our profession and our students.
Term
Eye to Eye
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Education
-Partner: Vanessa Kirsch
-Mission: Eye to Eye's mission is to improve the life of every person with a learning disability by supporting and growing a network of youth mentoring programs run by and for those with learning differences, and by organizing advocates to support the full inclusion of people with learning disabilities and ADHD in all aspects of society.
Term
Family Independence Initiative
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Poverty Alleviation
-Partner: Diana Smith
-Mission: Family Independence Initiative's mission is to create an opportunity rich environment that invests resources in low-income communities based on the strengths and initiative they demonstrate towards improving their lives and others.
Term
First Place for Youth
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Poverty Alleviation
-Partner: Eliza Greenberg
-Mission: First Place for Youth was founded to remedy the lack of services available to youth who are making the difficult transition from foster care to independent living.
Term
FoodCorps
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Public Health
-Partner: Eliza Greenberg
-Mission: Through the hands and minds of emerging leaders, FoodCorps strives to give all youth an enduring relationship with healthy food.
Term
Genesys Works
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Workforce Development
-Partner: Marci Spector?
-Mission: Genesys Works' mission is to enable urban high school students to enter and thrive in the economic mainstream by providing them the knowledge and work experience required to succeed as professionals.
Term
Health Leads
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Public Health
-Partner: Eliza Greenberg
-Mission: Health Leads's mission is to create a health care system that addresses social determinants of health as a standard part of patient care.
Term
iMentor
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Education
-Partner: Doug Borchard
-Mission: iMentor's mission is to improve the lives of high school students from underserved communities through innovative, technology-enabled mentoring.
Term
KIPP Schools
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Education
-Partner: Doug Borchard
-Mission: KIPP's mission is to help students from educationally underserved communities develop the knowledge, skills, and character needed to succeed in college and the competitive world beyond.
Term
LIFT
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Poverty Alleviation
-Partner: Elizabeth Riker
-Mission: LIFT's mission is to place families on a path toward economic independence while simultaneously building a movement to address the fundamental causes of poverty in our country.
Term
Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT)
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Workforce Development
-Partner: Elizabeth Riker
-Mission: Management Leadership for Tomorrow's mission is to fundamentally change the face of leadership in America by preparing high-potential minorities for senior leadership in corporations, nonprofit organizations, and entrepreneurial ventures.
Term
New Classrooms Innovation Partner
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Education
-Partner: Doug Borchard
-Mission: New Classrooms complements the role of live, teacher-led instruction with other instructional modalities
such as independent learning, collaborative learning, and virtual tutoring.
Term
New Leaders
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Education
-Partner: Tripp Jones
-Mission: New Leaders' mission is to ensure high academic achievement for every student by attracting and preparing outstanding leaders and supporting the performance of the urban public schools they lead.
Term
New Teacher Center (NTC)
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Education
-Partner: Shruti Sehra
-Mission: New Teacher Center's mission is to improve student learning by accelerating the effectiveness of teachers and school leaders.
Term
Peace First
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Education
-Partner: Shruti Sehra
-Mission: Peace First teaches children how to act peacefully, inspires and enables teachers to teach peacemaking skills, and encourages all of us to see and celebrate the role that young peacemakers can have in changing their own lives, their schools, communities, and the world at large.
Term
Peer Health Exchange (PHE)
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Public Health
-Partner: TBD
-Mission: Peer Health Exchange's mission is to give teenagers the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy decisions.
Term
Single Stop USA
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Poverty Alleviation/Education
-Partner: Lisa Jackson
-Mission: Single Stop's mission is to alleviate poverty nationally with an innovative approach that addresses the non-academic factors that inhibit community college students from staying in school and becoming economically secure.
Term
The Achievement Network
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Education/LD-SEL
-Partner: Shruti Sehra
-Mission: The Achievement Network works alongside school leadership teams to strengthen their school-wide practice and culture of using learning standards and achievement data to get breakthrough results for students in low-income communities.
Term
ROCA
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Poverty Alleviation
-Partner: Tripp Jones
-Mission: Roca’s mission is to help disengaged and disenfranchised young people move out of violence and poverty.
A history of relentless outreach on the streets of our most dangerous urban communities has led Roca to develop and operate an evidence-based Intervention Model for High-Risk Young People ages 17 to 24.
Term
The Mission Continues
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Workforce Development
-Partner: Vanessa Kirsch
-Mission: The Mission Continues' mission is to build an America where every returning veteran can serve again as a citizen leader, and where together we honor the fallen by living their values through service.
Term
Turnaround for Children
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Education
-Partner: Elizabeth Riker
-Mission: Turnaround's mission is to partner with the most-challenged, lowest-performing public schools to transform them into centers of teaching, learning, and achievement.
Term
Year Up
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Workforce Development
-Partner: Lisa Jackson
-Mission: Year Up's mission is to close the opportunity divide by providing urban young adults with the skills, experience, and support that will empower them to reach their potential through professional careers and higher education.
Term
YouthBuild USA
Definition
-Sector/Domain: Poverty Alleviation
-Partner: Tulaine Montgomery
-Mission: YouthBuild USA's mission is to unleash the intelligence and positive energy of low-income youth to rebuild their communities and their lives through a set of interventions that will ensure high rates of postsecondary completion and credential attainment by program graduates.
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