Woods Charitable Fund - Grants in Education

NEWS

EDUCATION


Central Plains Center for Services	$20,000
Toward the Education & Training Voucher program which provides post-secondary tuition assistance and other supports to foster care children and state or tribal wards	$20,000
Illusion Theater and School, Inc. (Project Trust)	$4,447
Toward performances and outreach of Project Trust’s sexual abuse prevention/awareness play, TOUCH, at Lincoln elementary schools, in partnership with the Child Advocacy Center	$4,447
Lighthouse	$20,000
Second-year support for its Truancy Intervention and Prevention program focusing on youth in grades 5 through 12 who have problems with school attendance	$20,000
TEAMS Educational Center	$20,000
Toward its Community Relations/Development Director position and Operation Reach, a program for low-income families to gain access to tutoring services for children with special needs	$20,000
Union College	$28,170
Second payment of a three-year $84,510 grant toward the development and implementation of a program to help transition Lincoln students with disabilities into high school, college and adult life, in collaboration with Nebraska Department of Education, Lincoln Public Schools and Nebraska Advocacy Services	$28,170
UNL-Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools	$50,000
First payment of a two-year $100,000 grant in support of its program, Building Bridges Through Relationships, to increase student engagement, motivation, and achievement among Lincoln Northeast and North Star High Schools’ 9th graders at risk of dropping out	$50,000
TOTAL EDUCATION	$142,617

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