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The Community Foundation of Louisville formed The Change Makers Grant Partnership in 2008 with the Baltimore-based Annie E. Casey Foundation and the UPS Foundation in Atlanta. The three-year partnership is targeting critical needs and improving education for the residents of four inner-city Louisville neighborhoods: California, Phoenix Hill, Shelby Park and Smoketown. The three foundations are working closely with a programmatic partner, Making Connections Louisville, a ten-year initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation that has been operating with great success in the four targeted neighborhoods.
The Change Makers Partnership will award a total of $1.8 million over three years to provide seed funding for long-term solutions to identified needs in the four neighborhoods. Four grants were awarded in 2009 to the following projects:  Change Makers at
This project is working to make the California neighborhood a green and wireless community with a vibrant arts beat. The Collaborative is a grassroots initiative guided by the people who live, work and worship in the neighborhood. Participants are developing strategies in a variety of areas such as the arts, housing preservation, economic development, youth leadership and capacity building. Membership groups are growing, and residents are invited to join by contacting Michael Dean, the Neighborhood Management Coordinator, at 719.7164 or michaeld@ndhc.org. For more information about the California Collaborative, click here.
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Norton Healthcare, in partnership with the Family Scholar House (formerly Project Women) and Jefferson County Board of Education Adult and Continuing Education, is offering a program to help 50 participants selected from the Change Makers neighborhoods to obtain healthcare professions training, which may range from the GED to vocational certifications or college degrees. The program offers retention and career transition experiences, job shadowing, externship opportunities, one-on-one mentoring and ultimately employment at Norton Healthcare. To apply, contact Donnie Ogletree at 629.7445 or donnie.ogletree@nortonhealthcare.org. For an update on Change Makers at Norton Healthcare, click here.
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Young People Engaged in Community Change (YPECC) offers young adults, ages 17-25, an opportunity to explore and shape their future by participating in the revitalization of the Smoketown and Shelby Park neighborhoods. The program is focusing on the following four areas: educational attainment, career exposure, civic leadership training and mentoring. To learn more about YPECC, contact Lawrence Wilbon at 812.987.2450 (cell) or lwilbon@pcclouisville.org. For a report on the progress of YPECC, click here.
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