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Students need accurate, responsive, and timely support to identify and assess the overwhelming array of choices they face in their postsecondary journeys, ranging from comparing student loans and grants, to applying to programs and institutions, to ultimately navigating to and through college and achieving a high-quality first post-college job. Last week, America Forward submitted comments to the Senate Health, Education,

The federal Institute of Education Sciences (IES), housed under the U.S. Department of Education, has played a critical role in advancing high-quality education research and data for more than twenty years. Earlier this year, the Trump Administration laid off nearly all IES staff and canceled numerous research contracts. Subsequently, the Department of Education published a formal request for information on

This week, the National College Attainment Network (NCAN) and America Forward released a report analyzing the landscape of non-profit student success programs and the integral role they play in supporting students to and through education after high school – and increasingly, into careers. Drawing on a national survey of NCAN and America Forward Coalition member organizations, the report is a

Every month, America Forward highlights examples of the vital work our Coalition members do to support students, families, educators, workers, elected leaders, advocates, and communities across the country. If your organization has resources, an announcement, or a story you would like to see included, please send it to america_forward@newprofit.org. Eskolta Eskolta School Research and Design works with public school educators

On December 19, 2024, America Forward published six transition memos addressed to the incoming Administration highlighting ripe opportunities for the Trump-Vance Administration to advance educational attainment and economic mobility. Many of our recommendations, such as those around FAFSA and skills-based hiring, are ready for action in the first 100 days of the new Administration. Our recommendations draw upon the deep

America Forward applauds the U.S. Department of the Treasury on the December 12, 2024, announcement of $47 million in awards under the second round of funding for the Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results (SIPPRA) program. The six newly funded projects — ranging from supportive housing to prenatal care and literacy services — complement the four projects funded in

Yesterday, we joined the America Forward Coalition in a letter to Congressional leaders in support of A Stronger Workforce for America Act (H.R. 6655) – a bipartisan reauthorization of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA).  WIOA is our country’s primary federal workforce development legislation, and is integral to  expanding economic opportunity and mobility and building a stronger, more equitable economy.

Every month, America Forward highlights examples of the vital work our Coalition members do to support students, families, educators, workers, elected leaders, advocates, and communities across the country. If your organization has resources, an announcement, or a story you would like to see included, please send it to america_forward@newprofit.org. Bard Early College Bard Early College aims to increase access and

America Forward Coalition Members Step Up — October 2024   Every month, America Forward highlights examples of the vital work our Coalition members do to support students, families, educators, workers, elected leaders, advocates, and communities across the country. If your organization has resources, an announcement, or a story you would like to see included, please send it to america_forward@newprofit.org. America’s