The $12.6 Million Exclusive Transformation

When I lived in Belgium, the country had cultural education courses when a person wished to seek residency and/or citizenship.  The courses were historically based, including cultural education, with language and civic components.

What I am trying to get at is the country had a "Welcome to our happy home" approach.  There was no distinction to the origins of the persons enrolled in the courses.  There was no skin tone, age or language qualification.

So why is it, only in America, that people must constantly be IMPs???

This is a $12.6 million dollar exclusion program because there are many more who could benefit from it.  Many, many more.

From a business perspective, the program, with its current objective, is not transposable, meaning it is loosing out on the diffusion aspects of implementation.  The potential to have this model in all the States is limited in its vision, but at least it is a start in the transformation of child welfare as we now know it.

My corrections are in red.

Kellogg Foundation Awards $12.6 Million to Expand Parent-Child Program

San Antonio-based AVANCE has announced a $12.6 million grant from theW.K. Kellogg Foundation to launch a five-year project aimed at ending the cycle of poverty and limited education in communities nationwide.

Through the Unlocking America's Potential initiative, AVANCE will work to scale its Parent-Child Education Program — which has assisted thousands of low-income at-risk Hispanic families across Texas, California, and New Mexico — to other racial and ethnic economically vulnerable communities and study the impact of that expansion. The Parent-Child Education model is designed to establish and maintain an effective conversation for culturally appropriate interventions that serve diverse racial and ethnic economically vulnerable populations.

Since 1973, AVANCE has provided parents with the tools to become active participants in their children's lives and has provided children up to age 3 with the education and family support they need to become prepared and engaged students. With the grant from Kellogg, the organization will work to develop, document, and share innovative ideas for serving vulnerable families with organizations across the country and the globe.

"Through this project, much-needed educational and family engagement services will be offered to diverse ethnic populations. More families will gain hope for a better future," said AVANCE president and CEO Rick Noriega. "It is truly an honor to have the support of one of the most visionary and distinguished foundations in the country. We look forward to this partnership as together we unlock the potential of America's most disadvantaged families."

“Ending the Cycle of Poverty and Limited Education Is Goal for AVANCE's 'Unlocking America's Potential'.” AVANCE Press Release 10/01/10.