LLL: Making a Lancaster Promise
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Event Time:
7:00 pm
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8:00 pm
Coming Monday, November 13 at 7 p.m. at the Lodge
An Introduction to the Lancaster Promise Neighborhood
Presented by LaNisha Blair, Interim Director
The purpose of Promise Neighborhoods is to significantly improve the educational and developmental outcomes of children and youth in our most distressed communities, and to transform those communities. Lancaster Promise Neighborhood is a federally funded five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education. It is the first Promise Neighborhood program to be funded by the USDOE in South Carolina. The zone is 6.2 square miles of focus, encompassing the attendance areas for Clinton Elementary, A.R. Rucker Middle and Lancaster High schools. It is composed of some of the poorest neighborhoods in the state. The median household income in the project's footprint is $31,870. Promise Neighborhood's mission is to provide whatever it takes to ensure every child living in the designated school zone has the opportunity for success. On display at the meet and greet were partners who deliver the services supporting the students from cradle to career.
Even before a baby is born, The Children's Council provides prenatal and parenting education to families. Early Childhood Education includes home visits to 50 households twice each week. Lancaster County Partners for Youth sponsors a 14-week program called Families Strengthening Families, which meets two times each week. Families enjoy a meal, learn communication skills and healthy coping strategies.
About our Presenter: LaNisha Stover Blair is serving as Interim Director and is also a Data Analyst for Lancaster Promise Neighborhood. She is a Senior Certified Prevention Specialist. She is a graduate of Winthrop University, where she earned her bachelor's degree in psychology.
Currently, she serves as the secretary for the South Carolina Association for Prevention Professionals and Advocates. For the past several years, she has also served as the co-chair of the Coalition for Healthy Youth. She has been in the field of substance misuse prevention for 16 years.
She is certified in Mental Health First Aid through the National Department of Mental Health. Through the Prevention Research Institute, she is also a certified Prime for Life Instructor for South Carolina. She previously worked as the Prevention Director with Counseling Services of Lancaster and as the Project Coordinator of the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion Program with the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office.
An Introduction to the Lancaster Promise Neighborhood
Presented by LaNisha Blair, Interim Director
The purpose of Promise Neighborhoods is to significantly improve the educational and developmental outcomes of children and youth in our most distressed communities, and to transform those communities. Lancaster Promise Neighborhood is a federally funded five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education. It is the first Promise Neighborhood program to be funded by the USDOE in South Carolina. The zone is 6.2 square miles of focus, encompassing the attendance areas for Clinton Elementary, A.R. Rucker Middle and Lancaster High schools. It is composed of some of the poorest neighborhoods in the state. The median household income in the project's footprint is $31,870. Promise Neighborhood's mission is to provide whatever it takes to ensure every child living in the designated school zone has the opportunity for success. On display at the meet and greet were partners who deliver the services supporting the students from cradle to career.Even before a baby is born, The Children's Council provides prenatal and parenting education to families. Early Childhood Education includes home visits to 50 households twice each week. Lancaster County Partners for Youth sponsors a 14-week program called Families Strengthening Families, which meets two times each week. Families enjoy a meal, learn communication skills and healthy coping strategies.
About our Presenter: LaNisha Stover Blair is serving as Interim Director and is also a Data Analyst for Lancaster Promise Neighborhood. She is a Senior Certified Prevention Specialist. She is a graduate of Winthrop University, where she earned her bachelor's degree in psychology.Currently, she serves as the secretary for the South Carolina Association for Prevention Professionals and Advocates. For the past several years, she has also served as the co-chair of the Coalition for Healthy Youth. She has been in the field of substance misuse prevention for 16 years.
She is certified in Mental Health First Aid through the National Department of Mental Health. Through the Prevention Research Institute, she is also a certified Prime for Life Instructor for South Carolina. She previously worked as the Prevention Director with Counseling Services of Lancaster and as the Project Coordinator of the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion Program with the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office.
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