November 4, 2019 – What Works Cities, a Bloomberg Philanthropies initiative, is partnering with the City of Durham Innovation Team and the Fines and Fees Justice Center to provide a new intensive, virtual workshop for cities that want to end the negative impact of driver’s license suspensions on their residents’ economic opportunity and well-being. The 10-week workshop, Ensuring Opportunity Through Driver’s License Restoration & Reform: What Cities Can Do Now, will be offered in an online classroom with an immersive, expedited format.
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September 25, 2019 – The City of Virginia Beach was selected as one of five American cities that will replicate Providence Talks, an early childhood education program that empowers parents and caregivers with tools to support language development at a critical age and help children enter kindergarten classrooms ready. Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, through its What Works Cities initiative, Virginia Beach is launching LENA Home to serve Virginia Beach families with children 0–3 years of age. LENA Home is building on brain science which confirms that 80 percent of a child’s brain develops by the time they are three years old.
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September 25, 2019 – The City of Detroit was selected as one of five cities that will replicate Providence Talks, an early childhood education program that empowers parents and caregivers with tools to support language development at a critical age and help children enter kindergarten classroom ready. Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, through its What Works Cities initiative, Detroit is launching 313Speaks to serve children ages 0-4 and will use a combination of Playgroup, Home Visit and Language Environmental Analysis Start program (LENA) to support vocabulary development in neighborhoods across Detroit.
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September 25, 2019 – Bloomberg Philanthropies, through its What Works Cities initiatives, has selected Louisville as one of five American cities to implement an innovative early childhood education program designed to empower parents and caregivers with tools to support language development at a critical age — and help children enter kindergarten classroom ready. The National Center for Families Learning (NCFL), in partnership with Louisville Metro Government, Jefferson County Public Schools, Metro United Way, and other community partners that make up the Ready for K Alliance, will expand its Say & Play with Words initiative.
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September 24, 2019 – The City of Hartford was selected as one of five American cities that will replicate Providence Talks, an early childhood education program that empowers parents and caregivers with tools to support language development at a critical age and help children enter kindergarten classroom ready. Combined with local investments, the support provided across five cities totals nearly $12 million over three years. Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, through its What Works Cities initiative, Hartford is launching Hartford Talks, an expansion of The Village for Families & Children’s Words Count program, to serve Hartford children, parents and caregivers.
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September 24, 2019 – The city of Birmingham was selected as one of five American cities to replicate Providence Talks, a free, citywide early childhood program that aims to increase interactive talk with children to foster early brain development. Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies, through its What Works Cities initiative, Birmingham is launching Birmingham Talks to serve 2,500 children across Jefferson County over the next three years. The other four cities that are replicating Providence Talks are: Detroit, MI; Hartford, CT; Louisville, KY; and Virginia Beach, VA.
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September 24, 2019 – Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced the five American cities that will replicate Providence Talks, an early childhood education program that empowers parents and caregivers with tools to support language development at a critical age and help children enter kindergarten classroom ready. Combined with local investments, the support provided across five cities totals nearly $12 million over three years.
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June 18, 2019 – The City of New Orleans today became one of 10 American cities that will participate in a new national initiative to identify, pilot, and measure the success of interventions to accelerate economic mobility for their residents. The work comes through a $150,000 grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Ballmer Group. Over the next 18 months, New Orleans will engage disadvantaged youth in services that increase their employability.
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June 18, 2019 – Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Ballmer Group announced today that Newark is one of ten American cities that will participate in a new national initiative to identify, pilot, and measure the success of interventions to accelerate economic mobility for their residents. Over the next 18 months, Newark will focus on reducing eviction rates amid rising local housing costs to help ensure that long-term residents share in the benefits of local economic growth.
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June 18, 2019 – Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Ballmer Group announced today that Detroit is one of ten American cities that will participate in a new national initiative to identify, pilot, and measure the success of interventions to accelerate economic mobility for their residents. Over the next 18 months, Detroit will help connect low-income residents in affordable housing units to programs and services that increase their economic opportunities and likelihood of achieving housing stability.
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