Prosper Lincoln News
Keeping Young Talent in Lincoln
Many of us have heard for sometime now that technology jobs in Lincoln need to be filled. We also know that aspiring University students have a desire to know what career opportunities exist right here in the white hot epicenter of the Silicon Prairie. We decided to...
Research: Starting Early Yields Greater Returns
Start at birth, coordinate services into comprehensive early childhood programs, and achieve greater economic and social gains. New research from Nobel Laureate economist James J. Heckman finds that comprehensive, birth-to-age-5 early childhood programs can produce...
Career Connections Start Early
Published 11/30/2016 Connecting middle school students (employees of the future) with local employers Angie Plugge, principal of Dawes Middle School, recently contacted our Prosper Lincoln Employment Skills Developers. The school wants to create better a connection...
Early Childhood Success Story
Connecting the Prosper Lincoln Pillars As a long-time participant in Everett Elementary School's family literacy program, Rosa refined her English literacy skills and visited her children's classrooms to see how they were learning, so she could help them with...
Youth Leaders Connect to Prosper Lincoln
Published 11/22/2016 The Youth Leadership Lincoln program (YLL) works to enhance the knowledge and leadership skills of area high school students by motivating and empowering them to be committed to their community. The YLL program provides an interactive, hands-on...
Watch our Prosper Lincoln Leaders in Action (2016)
Prosper Lincoln's leadership team presented an update on their work in October 2016 that was captured on video. WATCH and learn how they'll achieve their goals by year 2020.
Making Employment Connections
Published 10/17/2016 A showcase event to connect local employers with case workers and human services agencies was a success on October 13, 2016. It featured a 1-hour training to help case workers, who might each work with as many as 100 clients, teach those clients...
Meet the Prosper Lincoln Leadership Team (2016-2019)
Published 9/23/2016 Prosper Lincoln's four leaders wake up every day focused on making progress on their goals to Lift Lincoln Higher. The backgrounds of each leader serve them well to achieve the community agenda priorities by year 2020: to nurture every child on the...
Prosper Lincoln’s Strategic Plan 2016-2020
Prosper Lincoln has an action-packed strategic plan to Lift Lincoln Higher by year 2020. It is through the power of numbers - working toward a common goal - that our community agenda can impact early childhood, employment skills and innovation. Join us and our...
Working Together Coast-To-Coast On Issues Critical To Kids and Communities
There may be no idea more fundamental to our national identity and values than this: every child deserves the opportunity to reach his/her full potential. But right now only some kids have that chance. Millions face a narrowing of opportunity that threatens not only...