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In the second year of a special grant funding cycle to enhance partner agency program outcomes in our pillars, we turned our focus to Education with a Request for Proposals to those Partner Agencies with Education programs supporting quality out-of-school time and STEM activities.
Grants were awarded to:
- Boys and Girls Clubs of NEPA for an enhanced version of Summer Brain Gain during Day Camp to prevent summer learning loss in STEM and literacy;
- Day Nursery Association to expand educational outcomes and help prepare preschoolers for Kindergarten by incorporating a natural outdoor play environment and outdoor classroom with STEM curriculum;
- Greater Carbondale YMCA to provide opportunities for group learning through technology in preschool classroooms by utilizing a portable , interactive whiteboard and compatible computer. The YMCA was also awarded a grant to create and maintain a youth-driven blog centered on their afterschool program;
- Greater Scranton YMCA to create a STEM Gardening program for children ages 3-5 in their early education programs;
- United Neighborhood Centers of NEPA to incorporate an Introduction to Coding component for girls in the Leaders-In-Training (LIT) program to encourage participation in the Girls Who Code initiative at the University of Scranton;
- Voluntary Action Center to add a school-based, academic structured component with a focus on literacy to their Big Brothers/Big Sisters program, matching students from Frances Willard Elementary School with West Scranton High School students.