by Alabama Possible | Nov 28, 2017 | Blueprints, Cash for College, College Success, data, datasheet, Engaged Learning, poverty
This #givingtuesday, you can give the best of Alabama makers through our 2017 holiday gift premium. This year, we are teaming up with the folks at Russell Supermarkets and Piggly Wiggly to deliver a handmade Dean’s Cake House 7-Layer Caramel Cakes to your...
by Vanessa Stevens | Oct 31, 2017 | Cash for College, data, FAFSA, Financial Aid
It’s easier than ever for educators and community partners across Alabama to see how many students at local high schools have the resources they need to pay for college by filing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Alabama Possible’s new...
by Alabama Possible | Aug 22, 2017 | Cash for College, College Success, data, datasheet, poverty
by Felicia Stewart I have a glass-half-full perspective on things, so I was encouraged to see that Alabama had climbed up from the fourth to the sixth poorest state in the nation on the latest Alabama Poverty Data Sheet. While we should appreciate that tiny step, we...
by Alabama Possible | Jul 10, 2017 | data, datasheet
al.com: Alabama is 6th poorest state in nation; poverty rate at 40 percent in some counties Alabama is the sixth poorest state in the United States, according to a new report by an Alabama nonprofit. About 18.5 percent of Alabamians live below the federal poverty...
by Alabama Possible | Jun 19, 2017 | Cash for College, College Success, data, Engaged Learning, Higher Education Alliance, Uncategorized
At the second annual Cash for College Alabama celebration at Trenholm State Community College on June 8, educators from around the state gathered to celebrate creating a college-going culture in Alabama. Willietta Ellis Connor, education specialist at the Alabama...
by Alabama Possible | Dec 9, 2016 | data, datasheet, food security, poverty
The holidays bring out generosity of all sorts, including meeting our neighbors’ immediate needs by donating to holiday food drives. Donated food helps feed the more than 900,000 Alabamians, including 300,000 children, who are food insecure and at risk of...
