by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
September 26th, 2012 Eva Walton recently joined APP as its new Program Manager. She helps facilitate APP programs, including Blueprints, our Higher Education Alliance, and our Faith Partnership, and manages daily operations. We recently sat down with Eva to learn a...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
September 24th, 2012 On Saturday September 22, the Wetumpka Herald posted a column from Managing Editor Peggy Blackburn with the headline “Alabama is Fat and Hungry?” Here’s an excerpt: One report, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ranks...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
September 20th, 2012 Child Poverty Also Flat at 27.6 percent BIRMINGHAM – Contrary to reports prematurely circulated last week, poverty in Alabama remained flat at 19 percent from 2010 to 2011, according to the American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates released...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
September 13th, 2012 Despite news published across the state claiming that Alabama’s poverty rate dropped from 17.2 percent in 2010 to 15.4 percent in 2011, the available data is not conclusive. The Census data released yesterday, Income, Poverty and Health Insurance...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
September 6th, 2012 This week, we are kicking off the Blueprints College Access Initiative’s biggest year yet. More than 200 ninth graders in seven north and central Alabama high schools will participate in the Blueprints early-awareness mentoring program during the...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
August 29th, 2012 AmeriCorps*VISTAs are a vital part of our work. We are thrilled to announce our AmeriCorps*VISTAs for the 2012-13 cycle: Kevi Martin, Elizabeth Clark, and Courtney Bennett. Kevi, Courtney and Elizabeth work with the Blueprints College Access...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
August 7th, 2012 A guest post by Law and Policy Intern Ashley Rhea, a rising 2L at APP Cornerstone Member Cumberland Law School: On July 24, nearly 70 higher education faculty, staff, students and community partners gathered at APP’s Birmingham office for our Summer...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
August 3rd, 2012 “Richard Earl Garrett is the lead plaintiff in a class action suit against the town of Harpersville, Ala. Mr. Garrett has spent a total of 24 months in jail and owes $10,000, all for traffic and license violations that began a decade ago.” From the...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
July 31st, 2012 Serve Alabama http://www.servealabama.gov Tornado Relief Volunteer Website http://www.aidmatrixnetwork.org/fema/states.aspx?ST=Alabama David Mathews Center for Civic Life Home 2011 Civic Health Index...
by apadmin | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
July 23rd, 2012 Dothan City Schools are breathing new life into the maxim that it takes a village to raise a child. In just two years, Dothan’s high school dropout rate went from 18 percent to .49 percent. That’s right, .49 percent – or just three dropouts. Dothan’s...
