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Bluebag Media
ACES gets support for
grant to help at-risk youth
GREENVILLE – The Community Connectors Grant requires partnering with at
least one school district with a high percentage of students living in
poverty and not graduating on time… done. It requires a faith based
organization in each district to work in the program… done. And it
requires partnering with at least one local business. That was
accomplished Feb. 10.
Jeff Vaughn, ACES Coordinator for the Council on Rural Services, talked
to members of the business community, faith based organizations, Darke
County Chamber of Commerce members, school superintendents and more.
The meeting was set up by Chamber Director Sharon Deschambeau and
hosted by Wayne Healthcare. Vaughn wanted to see if he had local
support for Gov. John Kasich’s Community Connectors initiative to help
at-risk youth, grades 5-12, in a 1-on-1 mentoring program.
“I think the support’s there,” Vaughn said at the conclusion of the
meeting. He added it was important the whole community be involved; not
just the Council on Rural Services.
The idea of the program is to mentor, 1-on-1, students who are at risk
in the local schools. The target population is part of more than 5,300
grade 5-12 students in the combined Darke County districts. Most of
students, Vaughn said, would not fall into this category, but as many
as 1,000 or more could...
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