Since the enactment of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal and the creation of the Works Progress Administration, the term “workforce development” has been tossed around liberally as the key to long-term economic growth and global competitiveness. What exactly do…
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City Year Little Rock Reveals Addition of Two New Managers
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffCity Year Little Rock is enhancing its support for AmeriCorps members, current and future, with the help of two additions: Alexis Freeman, community partnership manager, and Marlie Mehu, learning and experience manager. “We are proud to have a team with…
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City Year Little Rock Expands AmeriCorps Team with Eight New Members
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffCity Year Little Rock has added eight new AmeriCorps members in its mission to advance educational equality. They are part of the growing team of student success coaches serving in the Little Rock School District. “When young adults serve with City…
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AmeriCorps, UAMS Partner on Arkansas Food Security Initiative
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffAmeriCorps will grant more than $255,000 in American Rescue Plan funding to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, the federal volunteer agency announced. The grant funding is part of the AmeriCorps VISTA program and its food security initiative over…
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City Year Announces AmeriCorps Members, Board Additions
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffCity Year Little Rock is continuing in its mission of advancing educational equity in Arkansas this year with the help of 20 AmeriCorps members and two alumni– Amanda Richardson Nipper and Madhav Shroff, who recently joined the board and both…
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City Year Little Rock Recruiting Student Success Coaches
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffCity Year Little Rock is actively seeking young adults to serve as student success coaches in Little Rock School District schools. If selected for a Year of Service, they will join the nonprofit’s national network of AmeriCorps members charged with…
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City Year Little Rock Names New Executive Director
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffCity Year Little Rock recently named Jennifer Cobb as the organization’s new executive director. City Year is a nonprofit organization which works to help students and schools succeed. Teams of City Year AmeriCorps Members provide support to students, classrooms…