This project is addressing a critical childcare shortage in La Porte City. Over the past ten years, approximately 80 childcare spaces in this community have been lost due to closures…
As the Latino population continues to grow, there is a need for culturally-specific programming. Implementing a promotora model at L.U.N.A. is an example of a community-based outreach strategy to reach…
Ready, Set, GROW (RSG) is partnering with Methodist Manor Retirement Community in Storm Lake, Iowa to open a child care center in a community without a center for child care….
Funds will be used for contracting with Levi Architecture to provide our team with architectural drawings/site layout for up to three prospective sites to build a child care center for…
The Iowa Women’s Foundation has announced its Grantee Partners for 2019. Due to the commitment of our supporters we are able to award $90,000 in grants to these programs that…
Shekinah holds a BA from Drake University, and a Masters of Strategic Communication from the University of Iowa. Along with receiving several awards from Des Moines area programs, she is…
Educate the community on the effects of violence against women and girls by offering a one-day conference featuring activist Jackson Katz and initiating community-based activities.
LeadHer has identified a gap in local professional development for women, particularly development that would be accessible to every woman in the community, regardless of employment status or ability to…
…social movements involving the Black community, engage in the meaning of protest and social justice in the modern era, and become empowered to work for change within your own community….
…effort to combat poverty and improve upward mobility in rural and tribal places. Selected communities will implement a two-generation approach to address the needs of vulnerable families. Initially the project…
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