USGC Info Session, Friday 1/30/2009

January 27, 2009

2009 Unified Summer Grant Collaborative, Application Packet
Available NOW, Application DUE 2/20/2009

2009 Unified Summer Grant Collaborative, Americorps Supplement
Available NOW, DUE with USGC Application 2/20/2009

Information Session = Friday, 1/30/2009
United Way
2515 Canal Street
New Orleans
Please download and read the application BEFORE the information session,
and come with your questions.

10 - 11:30am All interested USGC applicants
11:30am - 12:15pm Americorps applicants
12:15 - 1pm Networking

Questions? Concerns? Email: lbierbaum[at]gnoafterschool[dot]org

Unified Summer Grants Collaborative (USGC)
After facing a critical shortage of summer youth programs post-Katrina, a group of local foundations and organizations created the Unified Summer Grants Collaborative in 2006 to support safe activities for New Orleans-area youth. The collaborative has continued to address the ongoing need for affordable, safe, educational and recreational youth activities and to leverage partner resources through this collaborative effort.

Over three years, the Collaborative has awarded grants totaling $3.4 million to a variety of summer programs across the New Orleans area that serve vulnerable, low-income youth, who, with this support, have had opportunities to engage in academic enrichment, cultural and arts programs, sports and physical recreation, cooking, and nutrition activities.

Unified Summer Grant Collaborative members
United Way of Greater New Orleans: http://www.unitedwaynola.org/

Emeril Laggasse Foundation: http://www.emeril.org/

Operation Reach: http://www.operationreach.org/index.html

Youth Rescue Initiative: http://youthrescueinitiative.org/home/

Recommended web resources for more information about academic curricula, best practices for summer programs, and research about summer learning.
National Center for Summer Learning: http://www.summerlearning.org/

National Center for Time and Learning: http://www.timeandlearning.org/

Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL): http://sedl.org/