by admin | Jun 3, 2024 | Appalachia, Education, News, School, summer
Young students across the U.S. are looking forward to the end of another academic year and eagerly awaiting summer vacation, during which many will go on trips with their families to the beach, camp in the mountains, and attend summer camps. But for many in distressed...
by admin | Mar 19, 2024 | Appalachia, Home Rehabilitation, house, News
Rebuilding Homes and Lives in the Heart of Appalachia In rural Appalachia, the arrival of spring is a spectacle of nature’s revival, with early bloomers and budding trees painting the landscape in vibrant colors. Yet, beyond nature’s beauty, spring marks a...
by admin | Feb 16, 2024 | Appalachia, food, Food Box, News
Throughout Appalachia, families living month-to-month or week-to-week struggle to get by working minimum wage jobs or relying on meager fixed incomes and government assistance to keep their children and themselves from going hungry. “For the past three years,...
by admin | Feb 16, 2024 | Appalachia, Education, food, Home, News
Throughout Appalachia, children and families go hungry every day due to food insecurity issues, primarily because their limited financial resources mean that they are faced every month with the difficult decision of whether to pay their rent, utilities, or other...
by admin | Feb 13, 2024 | Appalachia, Education, News, Teachers Grant
For teachers, particularly those working in hard-pressed Appalachian communities where their school districts struggle to fund even their core educational priorities, it is frustrating for them to be aware of classroom needs that would greatly benefit their students...
by admin | Jan 31, 2024 | Afterschool, Appalachia, Education, News
The Data: In the Appalachian region of Tennessee, the percentage of the population ages 25 and older without a high school diploma is 12.4 percent, according to The Appalachian Region: A Data Overview from the 2017-2021 American Community Survey Chartbook,...
