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A Security Guard, a Flyer, and a Second Chance

July 10, 2017

Esperanzita Castillo, 20, dropped out of school when she was in the sixth grade. By September of 2015, she was out of school, out of work, and seemingly out of options. And then, a security guard at a local career service center handed her a flyer for a program that would change her life.

Type: News

TAG: Career Pathways

promises: Caring Adults, Effective Education, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: Youth Opportunity Fund, GradNation Campaign

Action Platform: Youth Re-Engagement

Overcoming Fear: Mentoring's Challenges and Rewards

June 28, 2017

“What is an irrational fear you have?” This was a question I asked Manuel,* a tenth-grade student I mentored during my year of service as a City Year Los Angeles AmeriCorps member. It was part of a game I introduced to get him engaged in our time together.

Type: Opinion

promises: Caring Adults, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

American Dream at Risk? To Invest in Youth, Focus on Their Well-being

June 22, 2017

Is the American Dream at risk? To mark the 20th anniversary of America’s Promise Alliance – and to support our campaign to encourage people, organizations, and communities to #Recommit2Kids – we asked our youth leaders to reflect on this question. This perspective is the third in a special series on the topic. For more perspectives, read Here is Where Hope Lies and When the American Dream Turns Into American Need.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Recommit2Kids

promises: Caring Adults, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign

An Investment in Students is an Investment in Communities: Community Leader Spotlight with Nancy Leopold

June 19, 2017

Turning dreams of college into reality is the foundation of CollegeTracks’ work, a nonprofit organization that helps students manage the challenges of the college experience so they persist, graduate, and find a path that allows them to achieve independence, support families, and give back to the community. 

Type: News

TAG: College and Career Readiness

promises: Caring Adults, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, National Alliance

America’s Promise Alliance Welcomes Comfort Cases

June 15, 2017

Comfort Cases is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides children ages 0-21 who are in the foster care system with a case filled with essential and comfort items. They primarily serve families and communities in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia and hope to provide needed support to foster kids across the country in the years ahead.

Type: News

promises: Caring Adults, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, National Alliance

Five Programs that Build Relationships

June 14, 2017

Whether it's a parent, mentor, guidance counselor, coach, or neighbor, a caring adult can serve as the primary line of defense against adversity in the lives of young people. This is why creating relationships and webs of support for youth is one of the three main focus areas in Our Work: A Framework for Accelerating Progress for Children and Youth in America.

Type: Opinion

TAG: Recommit2Kids

promises: Caring Adults, A Healthy Start, Effective Education, Safe Places, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: Center for Promise, GradNation Campaign

America’s Promise Alliance Welcomes the National Resilience Institute

June 12, 2017

America’s Promise Alliance is thrilled to announce the National Resilience Institute has joined the alliance as a national partner.

Type: News

promises: Caring Adults, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation Campaign, National Alliance

America’s Promise Alliance Welcomes Nationals Youth Baseball Academy

June 12, 2017

America’s Promise Alliance is thrilled to announce that Nationals Youth Baseball Academy has joined the alliance as a national partner.

Type: News

promises: Caring Adults, Safe Places, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: National Alliance, GradNation Campaign

Afterschool Advocates Head to Capitol Hill to Fight for Federal Funding

June 06, 2017

Afterschool advocates headed to Capitol Hill on June 6 and will return on June 7 for the annual Afterschool for All Challenge, led by the Afterschool Alliance, a national partner of America’s Promise. Though the organization issues the challenge every year, this week’s events hold special significance in the wake of President Trump’s budget proposal that would cut more than $1 billion in federal afterschool funding.

Type: News

TAG: Special Populations

promises: Safe Places, Caring Adults, Opportunities to Help Others

What's Working: How to Invest in Children, From Cradle to Career

June 06, 2017

When you grow up in a neighborhood as poverty-stricken as mine, all your life you hear about people who make it ‘out’—and the much bigger number who end up back in the neighborhood unsuccessful and committing crimes. My biggest fear is failure. I have witnessed it so many times walking to high school, bums laying on park benches running up to kids of all ages asking for money, teenagers, pants sagging to the floor, jaws full of paraphernalia, trying to make a quick buck. I don’t have to be a product of my environment.

Type: Opinion

promises: Caring Adults, Opportunities to Help Others

campaigns & initiatives: GradNation State Activation, GradNation Campaign