• Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth                      

• Upward Bound Program                                                                        

• Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)                                           

• Farm to School Grant Program

  • Regular updates from: America's Promise, BOOST, The Center for Non-Profit Excellence , & the AASA

Dropout prevention resources:

• MDRC: Young Men of  Color 

• Ninth Grade Counts

• Zeroing in on Place and Race  http://www.measureofamerica.org/youth-disconnection-2015/ 

• USDE's Reengagement Guide http://www2.ed.gov/programs/dropout/re-engagement-guide121914.pdf

• Who is minding the neighborhood? The Role of Adult Capacity in Keeping Young People on a Path to Graduation 

• Obesity and root causes https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/targeting-root-cause-childhood-obesity 

• Local dropout solutions in Oregon... http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/34870218-75/measure-98-touted-as-solution-to-bolster-vocational-education-reduce-dropout-rates.html.csp 

• How the Stress of Racism Affects Learning http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/10/how-the-stress-of-racism-affects-learning/503567/