Jul 24 Community YouthBuild’s Success Is A Game Changer For Graduates “It has really changed my life drastically. I was down in a hole with nothing — with no type of trade. Now, I can build a house.” By Kyeland Jackson Jul 24 Community YouthBuild's Success Is A Game Changer For Graduates Kyeland Jackson
Sep 26 Community With $500,000 Investment, City Expands Youth Program The program, dubbed ReImage, rolled out last November with a $200,000 budget of city funds. Mayor Fischer announced the expansion this week. By Jacob Ryan Sep 26 Community With $500,000 Investment, City Expands Youth Program Jacob Ryan
Sep 1 Education JCPS Is Addressing Student Homelessness Despite Dwindling Funds Kentucky has the nation’s highest rate of student homelessness, according to a new report from the Lexington Herald-Leader. Nearly 5 percent of the state’s roughly 685,000 students were considered homeless in the 2012-13 school year, the report shows. That’s about 30,000 students who lack a permanent home. In Louisville, more than 12,000 students were reported to be homeless during that same […] By Jacob Ryan Sep 1 Education JCPS Is Addressing Student Homelessness Despite Dwindling Funds Jacob Ryan
Dec 29 Strange Fruit Strange Fruit: How Cabbage Patch Settlement House Helps Louisville’s At-Risk Kids The Cabbage Patch Settlement House provides all kinds of programming for at-risk kids in Louisville: tutoring, clubs, sports, music, college preps and scholarships, and even emotional counseling. And a recent grant from the Humana Foundation means they’ll be opening their doors on Saturdays, too. Listen: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/183498625″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] We wanted to […] By Laura Ellis Dec 29 Strange Fruit Strange Fruit: How Cabbage Patch Settlement House Helps Louisville’s At-Risk Kids Laura Ellis
Nov 14 Education Anchorage Locked In Dispute With At-Risk Youth Agency The City of Anchorage and the Bellewood Home for Children are engaged in a sharp disagreement, as the city seeks to prohibit the agency serving at-risk... By Devin Katayama Nov 14 Education Anchorage Locked In Dispute With At-Risk Youth Agency Devin Katayama
Jul 7 Local News Beshear Announces $1.3 Million For Eastern Kentucky Revitalization Gov. Steve Beshear on Monday announced $1.3 million in grants for an initiative to create jobs in the depressed coal regions of Eastern Kentucky. The... By Jonathan Meador Jul 7 Local News Beshear Announces $1.3 Million For Eastern Kentucky Revitalization Jonathan Meador
Jun 18 Community ‘More Dance, Less Hate’ Show in Louisville Encourages Break Dancing Over Violence World-class break dancers and graffiti artists will participate in an event this weekend aimed at reducing neighborhood violence. The More Dance, Less... By Jacob Ryan Jun 18 Community ‘More Dance, Less Hate’ Show in Louisville Encourages Break Dancing Over Violence Jacob Ryan
Jun 15 Community Community Organization NC3’s Closure a ‘Huge Loss’ to Louisville, Former Participant Says Keishanna Hughes would be "lost" had Network Center for Community Change staff members never knocked on the door of her Sheppard Square home. “I would... By Jacob Ryan Jun 15 Community Community Organization NC3’s Closure a ‘Huge Loss’ to Louisville, Former Participant Says Jacob Ryan
Jun 4 Arts and Culture Self-Taught Mosaic Artist Tracy Pennington Wins Second Annual M.A. Hadley Visual Art Prize Mosaic artist Tracy Pennington is the winner of the second annual Mary Alice Hadley Prize for Visual Art. The $5,000 prize is awarded from the George... By Erin Keane Jun 4 Arts and Culture Self-Taught Mosaic Artist Tracy Pennington Wins Second Annual M.A. Hadley Visual Art Prize Erin Keane
May 23 Local News Louisville Mayor’s Budget Proposal Adds $2 Million For Youth Program—But Plan Has Critics More than $2 million in Mayor Greg Fischer's proposed city budget for the next fiscal year would go to improving youth development programs throughout... By Jacob Ryan May 23 Local News Louisville Mayor’s Budget Proposal Adds $2 Million For Youth Program—But Plan Has Critics Jacob Ryan
May 19 Local News SpreadLoveLou Organizers Still Hopeful Despite Reaching Fewer-Than-Hoped-For At-Risk Youth A weeklong series of events aimed at reducing the cycle of violence in Louisville is over, and organizers are now looking to see if it will have any... By Jacob Ryan May 19 Local News SpreadLoveLou Organizers Still Hopeful Despite Reaching Fewer-Than-Hoped-For At-Risk Youth Jacob Ryan
Apr 22 Local News Wick’s Pizza To Host Open-Mic Night Geared Toward At-Risk Youth Concerns for what some are calling a community of troubled youth has led the creation of a weekly event where young people can express themselves at a... By Jacob Ryan Apr 22 Local News Wick’s Pizza To Host Open-Mic Night Geared Toward At-Risk Youth Jacob Ryan
Apr 14 Local News Kentucky At-Risk Youth Agency’s President Resigns Following Inquiry The president of the state’s largest non-profit agency for at-risk and foster children resigned late last week in the aftermath of an internal... By R.G. Dunlop Apr 14 Local News Kentucky At-Risk Youth Agency’s President Resigns Following Inquiry R.G. Dunlop
Apr 14 Arts and Culture Innovation Award Winner Says Collaboration Is the Future for Louisville Arts Working in the nonprofit arts world isn't for the weak. Competition is stiff - for the limited amount of public and private funding, for audience... By Erin Keane Apr 14 Arts and Culture Innovation Award Winner Says Collaboration Is the Future for Louisville Arts Erin Keane
Apr 2 Arts and Culture Louisville Arts Could Do More to Engage At-Risk Teens, Says Fund for the Arts CEO Louisville continues to seek answers to a recent spurt of teen violence downtown. Some say tighter security is the answer. Others want to see more... By Erin Keane Apr 2 Arts and Culture Louisville Arts Could Do More to Engage At-Risk Teens, Says Fund for the Arts CEO Erin Keane