Causes: Education
Mission: Established in 1991, Nevada Public Education Foundation (NPEF) serves as a catalyst for quality education statewide and leverages resources and partnerships to help Nevada's youth become "ready for life" as well as re-engaging those who prematurely left school. As an intermediary organization, Nevada Public Education Foundation convenes local, regional and statewide organizations doing similar work to maximize resources and effort; seeks to consistently measure and improve programs and services; and organizes public and private support to sustain the work and ensure that young people receive the education and resources they need to become productive, contributing members of society.
Results: To date, the Foundation has made a huge impact on Nevada's youth. In addition to collaborating in the recent launch of the Washoe Ready for Life Community Compact, as well as launching a similar collaborative in Clark County this October, the following are just a handful of its initiatives:* Hosted two RFL Nevada Dropout Prevention Summits to improve Nevada’s graduation rate* Created the Nevada Compact to implement goals from the Summits and reflect a shared commitment to education* Supported RFL Southern Nevada's efforts in hosting three Funders Forums to leverage opportunities and maximize impact* Supported local RFL collaboratives in Clark, Washoe, Churchill, Lyon, Storey, Nye and Esmeralda counties* Focused efforts to “graduate all” with short-term goal of 10% increase in the graduation rate by 2013 * In 2010, NPEF connected Clark County School District (CCSD) with United Way of Southern Nevada in response to a high school partnerships grant opportunity presented by AT&T. This connection resulted in a $100,000 grant to plan a family engagement project at five pilot high schools. Upon seeing results from the planning phase, UWSN funders implemented these efforts and plan to support the project for an additional four years. * RFL Southern Nevada worked with the Clark County Continuum of Care to align priorities and reach disconnected youth. As a result of this relationship, the Continuum successfully received a $3.1 million grant to provide housing and wraparound services to homeless youth ages 18-24 through St. Jude’s Ranch for Children project.
Target demographics: Through its Ready for Life (RFL) initiative, the Foundation has created a collaborative cross-agency effort to improve Nevada's success at engaging and graduating "ready for life" students and reengaging those who prematurely left school. Dozens of public and private organizations are partnering in the belief that as they work together, students will be more likely to complete high school and gain appropriate post-secondary education or training to become productive, contributing members of society.
Direct beneficiaries per year: Approximately 20,000
Programs: Ready for life is a collaborative cross-agency effort to improve nevada's success at engaging and graduating "ready for life" students and reengaging those who prematurely left school. The funds under this program are used for research, training, technical assistance, and facilitation of collaborations, as well as grants to community collaboratives and partner organizations for planning, capacity building, and direct youth service activities.
This organization's nonprofit status may have been revoked or it may have merged with another organization or ceased operations.
Mission: Established in 1991, Nevada Public Education Foundation (NPEF) serves as a catalyst for quality education statewide and leverages resources and partnerships to help Nevada's youth become "ready for life" as well as re-engaging those who prematurely left school. As an intermediary organization, Nevada Public Education Foundation convenes local, regional and statewide organizations doing similar work to maximize resources and effort; seeks to consistently measure and improve programs and services; and organizes public and private support to sustain the work and ensure that young people receive the education and resources they need to become productive, contributing members of society.
Results: To date, the Foundation has made a huge impact on Nevada's youth. In addition to collaborating in the recent launch of the Washoe Ready for Life Community Compact, as well as launching a similar collaborative in Clark County this October, the following are just a handful of its initiatives:* Hosted two RFL Nevada Dropout Prevention Summits to improve Nevada’s graduation rate* Created the Nevada Compact to implement goals from the Summits and reflect a shared commitment to education* Supported RFL Southern Nevada's efforts in hosting three Funders Forums to leverage opportunities and maximize impact* Supported local RFL collaboratives in Clark, Washoe, Churchill, Lyon, Storey, Nye and Esmeralda counties* Focused efforts to “graduate all” with short-term goal of 10% increase in the graduation rate by 2013 * In 2010, NPEF connected Clark County School District (CCSD) with United Way of Southern Nevada in response to a high school partnerships grant opportunity presented by AT&T. This connection resulted in a $100,000 grant to plan a family engagement project at five pilot high schools. Upon seeing results from the planning phase, UWSN funders implemented these efforts and plan to support the project for an additional four years. * RFL Southern Nevada worked with the Clark County Continuum of Care to align priorities and reach disconnected youth. As a result of this relationship, the Continuum successfully received a $3.1 million grant to provide housing and wraparound services to homeless youth ages 18-24 through St. Jude’s Ranch for Children project.
Target demographics: Through its Ready for Life (RFL) initiative, the Foundation has created a collaborative cross-agency effort to improve Nevada's success at engaging and graduating "ready for life" students and reengaging those who prematurely left school. Dozens of public and private organizations are partnering in the belief that as they work together, students will be more likely to complete high school and gain appropriate post-secondary education or training to become productive, contributing members of society.
Direct beneficiaries per year: Approximately 20,000
Programs: Ready for life is a collaborative cross-agency effort to improve nevada's success at engaging and graduating "ready for life" students and reengaging those who prematurely left school. The funds under this program are used for research, training, technical assistance, and facilitation of collaborations, as well as grants to community collaboratives and partner organizations for planning, capacity building, and direct youth service activities.
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This organization's nonprofit status may have been revoked or it may have merged with another organization or ceased operations.
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