LINKS
Communities in Schools
C/O Kingsley House
1600 Constance St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
neworleanscis@yahoo.com
Becky Bidwell-Hanson
Project manager, Communities In Schools of New Orleans
504-583-0163
http://www.cisnet.org
“Communities In Schools National is anchor to the nation's leading community-based organization helping young people stay in school and prepare for life. For more than 25 years, Communities In Schools has helped students choose success by ensuring their access to the ‘Five Basics’: a one-on-one relationship with an adult; a safe place to learn and grow; a healthy start and a healthy future; a marketable skill to use upon graduation; a chance to give back to peers and community.”
Big Brothers/Big Sisters
http://www.bbbs.org/
“Big Brothers Big Sisters is the oldest, largest and most effective youth mentoring organization in the United States. They have been the leader in one-to-one youth service for more than a century, developing positive relationships that have a direct and lasting impact on the lives of young people. Big Brothers Big Sisters serves children, ages 6 through 18, in communities across the country.”
Boys Hope/Girls Hope
http://www.boyshopegirlshope.org/
“Boys Hope Girls Hope helps academically capable and motivated children-in-need to meet their full potential and become men and women for others by providing value-centered, family-like homes, opportunities and education through college.”
Juvenile Assistance
http://www.raintreeservices.org/
New Orleans Outreach
757 St. Charles Ave. Suite 203
New Orleans, LA 70130
staff@nooutreach.org
phone: 504-528-7529
http://www.nooutreach.org/
“The mission of New Orleans Outreach is to improve the quality of public education by linking volunteers with staff and students through programs that respond to the particular needs of each school. For 12 years, New Orleans Outreach has provided direct support to New Orleans schools through its site management of various volunteer-driven programs.”
Operation Reach
C/O Kingsley House
1600 Constance St.
New Orleans, LA 70130
http://www.operationreach.org/
OPERATION REACH is a non-profit corporation dedicated to providing access for youth and their families to high-quality educational opportunities. Our programs are designed to foster life-long learning and personal success in the areas of work, recreation and community service.
Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education (SCALE)
www.readwriteact.org
“SCALE supports campus-based literacy programs locally, statewide, and nationally through their Literacy Action Networks. In these programs, college students serve as literacy tutors or teachers in their community.”
