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The Children's Agenda polled 600 Monroe County parents and came away with a grim picture of the effects of poverty on their households. Most mid-income Rochester families must ration food, can't ...
In 1964, the U.S. poverty rate (income-based) included 19 percent of Americans. Rising political forces demanded change. Under a new White House Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO), the concept of the federally-funded, local Community Action Program (CAP)—delivered by a local Community Action Agency (CAA), in a nationwide Community Action Network—would become the primary vehicle for a new ...
The Regional Cities Initiative is an Indiana state initiative designed to attract new talent to the state of Indiana. The initiative fosters regional collaboration between stakeholders and local communities. [1] Each region pursuing the initiative established their own Regional Development Authority (RDA), all under the Indiana Regional ...
The initiative funds and helps design randomized impact evaluations aimed at finding policies that catalyze the rate of scientific progress. [33] The initiative is supported by a $650,000 grant from Open Philanthropy, [34] a charitable organization that distributes grants based on the principles of effective altruism. [35]
Monroe County and Rochester-area schools will receive $7.4 million for anti-vaping efforts as part of a multi-state settlement with the company Juul, Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday.
Rochester has a public library, a branch of the Fulton County Public Library. [21] The Rochester Community School Corporation is housed in Rochester, operating two elementary level schools (Columbia, PK-grade 1 [ 22 ] and Riddle, grades 2–4 [ 23 ] ), Rochester Middle School (grades 5–7) [ 24 ] and Rochester Community High School (grades 8 ...
The Reporters Committee to launch Local Legal Initiative in Indiana to provide free legal support for local journalists and news organizations.
By the spring of 1833 the settlement was a successful and thriving farming community. Rochester was laid out in 1835. The founder Alexander Chamberlain named it for his former hometown of Rochester, New York. [7] The Rochester post office was established in 1836. [8] Fulton County was formed in 1836.