Over 200 members of Congregation Beth Shalom and other local Sacramento congregations gathered in May to demonstrate broad support for improving the foster care youth system and urge Sen. Darrell Steinberg to take action on two key strategies.
In April over 200 parent and student community leaders working with Sacramento ACT organized a forum to report out the results of a year-long, community-wide planning process on increasing high school graduation rates.
ACT is organizing in several ways to make quality, affordable health care accessible to all.
ACT is currently steering a region-wide effort to bring a youth violence reduction strategy into Sacramento based on the Boston Ceasefire Project. This model is a data-driven approach to reducing youth homicides and gang-related violence that has been replicated in six cities over the last ten years...
On any given night in Sacramento, according to this year’s Homeless Count, 2,700 people are on the streets. This troublesome data has called members of St. John’s Lutheran Church to action. In July they convened over 160 community members at the church to ask City Councilmember Steve Cohn to lead the way in providing more affordable housing for Sacramento’s most vulnerable populations...
Saturday March 28, over 100 parents, teachers, students, community members, school and city officials gathered at All Nations Church to pledge their public commitment to work together and increase graduation rates in Sacramento County...
Research shows that a strong connection between home and school can lead to increased academic performance, a boost in attendance, and improved behavior. At many low-income schools around Sacramento, however, strong relationships with parents are often lacking. That’s why Sacramento ACT continues to develop its innovative Parent Teacher Home Visit project in new directions...
Regina Farinas, a sophomore at the Met High School in Sacramento, thinks small high schools are a crucial part of Sacramento’s education...
Since the opening of the School Attendance Center on October 10th, more than 200 truant students have been provided with support. Volunteers from local community organizations, partnering with school district personnel, met with students and parents; of those 200 students, 61% have since been attending school on a daily basis...
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