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News February 1, 2018 Medill News Service: Former Education Secretary pushes for more student help for life after high school Read the full article at Medill on the Hill. Former education secretary pushes for more student help for life after high school by Caroline Vakil ... Read More
News January 22, 2018 NAF Commentary in Investor’s Business Daily: How High Schoolers Can Boost American Business Read the full op-ed in Investor\'s Business Daily. How High Schoolers Can Boost American Business By JD HOYE, 1/22/2018 Employers are struggling t... Read More
Press January 9, 2018 Urban Alliance expands High School Internship Program for underserved youth to Montgomery County, MD WASHINGTON, D.C. – Urban Alliance, a national youth development nonprofit, is expanding its flagship High School Internship Program in the greater ... Read More
InternStories December 5, 2017 Lauryn Hill, Baltimore 2017 Lauryn came to Urban Alliance with no desire to attend college. But while working with her mentor at the U.S. Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Ser... Read More
News November 30, 2017 WMAR: Urban Alliance gets $160,000 grant for city youth financial education program Read the full story at WMAR\'s website. Urban Alliance gets $160,000 grant for city youth financial education program Cassie Carlisle, Nov 30, 2017... Read More
News November 9, 2017 Maryland Daily Record: Urban Alliance to help Baltimore youth with job training, life skills through $160K grant The Maryland Daily Record ran a story about the $160,000 grant Urban Alliance received from the Citi Foundation and Prosperity Now as part of their... Read More
News November 8, 2017 Prosperity Now Blog: Leveraging the Teachable Moments Citi Foundation president Brandee McHale shared the logic behind their inaugural Pathways to Progress Youth Financial Capability Fund - for which U... Read More
Press November 8, 2017 Urban Alliance awarded $160,000 Citi Foundation/Prosperity Now grant to prepare underserved youth for economic success in Chicago, Baltimore WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Citi Foundation, in partnership with Prosperity Now, awarded youth workforce development nonprofit Urban Alliance a $160,000... Read More
NewsPost November 7, 2017 Meyer Foundation plugs UA investment in Washington Monthly Our partner, the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, wrote about the impact of their investment in Urban Alliance\'s High School Internship Progr... Read More