The Nellie Mae Education Foundation is the largest charitable organization in New England that focuses exclusively on education. The Foundation recently awarded $3.5 million in the form of a three-year grant to the Burlington and Winooski school districts in Chittenden County. The January 26, 2012 article below is courtesy of The Burlington Free Press, http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com [...]
Rhonda Shippee, Community Programs Director for VT/NH DLT Program, recently shared this announcement with Common Good Vermont about $$584,011 in federal funding being made available to improve access to health care and education in Northern Vermont. Mandated by the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development branch, the Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program (DLT) is [...]
Thanks to Kate G. Stephenson, Executive Director of Yestermorrw Design/Build School for sharing this job opportunity with Common Good Vermont. Have something you’d like to share with Vermont’s nonprofit community? Get in touch – Coordinator@CommonGoodVT.org, (802) 862 – 1645 ext. 21 Yestermorrow Design/Build School in Waitsfield, VT is hiring a full-time Operations Manager. Yestermorrow is [...]
Reported by our colleagues at Vermont Digger: A new statewide survey released Wednesday finds Vermont teens have modestly decreased their use of alcohol, are smoking less, and fewer are abusing prescription drugs. The Vermont Youth Risk Behavior survey, based on a random sample of 8,654 students grades 9-12, also found no substantial change in the [...]
e-Vermont is offering two workshops to help teach Internet basics to newbies. On November 4th (Newport/ CCV from 9-11 a.m.) and November 18th (Morrisville/ CCV from 1 – 3 p.m.), the Community College of Vermont will present a two hour workshop to teach the basics of working with learners who have little to no computer [...]
Public Assets Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to developing policies that apply the powers of government to improving the well-being of ordinary citizens, especially the most vulnerable, recently released a report on how Vermont must address budget problems. Lored some of the cuts proposed by the governor, its budget is still short by [...]
Thanks to Kate Jellema, Director, Program in Nonprofit Management at Marlboro College Graduate School for sharing this job opportunity with Common Good Vermont.Have something you’d like to share with Vermont’s nonprofit community? Get in touch – Coordinator@CommonGoodVT.org, (802) 862 – 1645 ext. 21 Hilltop Montessori School in Brattleboro, VT seeks Development Director As Hilltop Montessori [...]
Public Policy Associate Voices for Vermont’s Children seeks a Public Policy Associate to join our dedicated staff of children’s advocates. Voices is a multi-issue, independent research and policy advocacy nonprofit that promotes public policy that enhance the lives of children and youth in Vermont. The public policy associate will serve as a legislative advocate during [...]
Press play on the screen below for the complete recording “Class Shouldn’t Determine a Youth’s Future: Thoughts on Leveling the Playing field.” Join Vermont Public Radio’s Jane Lindholm and a panel of guests for a thought-provoking and timely discussion about how class and socio-economic factors frequently limit youths’ opportunities. Panelists discuss what can be done [...]
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