Prosper Lincoln News
Two years free tuition helping to develop Lincoln’s workforce
Thanks to a recent gift from the Acklie Charitable Foundation, students who receive the Learn to Dream Scholarship at Southeast Community College can now complete a second year of credits without having to pay tuition and fees. Helping families out of poverty while...
Reserve Pitch idea gains momentum
It started with an idea that turned the concept of a student career fair on its head. Not long after the Prosper Lincoln community agenda was announced, Rich Claussen, the Ambassador for the Innovation and Entrepreneurship focus area, went to work building an event...
Housing Authority provides books to families with financial needs
One of the Prosper Lincoln community agenda objectives is to enrich early childhood development at home through the promotion of reading aloud 15 minutes per day. Lincoln Housing Authority (LHA), which provides affordable housing to families currently undergoing...
Children’s Museum connects children to reading and parents to jobs, resources
To help families truly prosper, a multi-faceted approach is needed. Children must be read to, as we’ve learned from the Early Childhood focus areas of Prosper Lincoln, and their parents must have stable and well-compensated employment, as we know from Prosper...
The Future of Healthcare is in Collaboration
Lincoln healthcare providers need skilled staff. Lincoln people need stable careers. Prosper Lincoln’s Employment Skills goal of ensuring access to training and support for skilled in-demand jobs requires collaboration of the highest degree. The Southeast Nebraska...
Cathedral triples capacity for quality Early Childhood learning
One strategy to reach Prosper Lincoln’s Early Childhood goal of ensuring children are kindergarten ready, is to increase capacity of high quality programs. Jeremy Ekeler, Principal at Cathedral of the Risen Christ School, admitted that their day care and preschools...
The Future Builders Challenge 2018
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Bryan Seck to expand Prosper Lincoln work at Chamber
Starting July 2, 2018, Bryan Seck, Prosper Lincoln’s co-Developer for Employment Skills took on a new position of Director of Workforce Development for the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce’s LPED (Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development). This role will continue and...
High schoolers can prep now for in-demand careers
Lydia Clark loves watching home fix-up shows on the Home and Garden TV (HGTV). She dreams of someday restoring old homes. This interest led her to pursue the Construction pathway at The Career Academy (TCA) while she was in high school. While she took her high school...
Assessing and addressing Lincoln kids’ health
How do we accomplish the Prosper Lincoln goal to nurture every child on the path to success? The answer is multi-dimensional. One particular dimension is health, and the Prosper Lincoln Early Childhood Comprehensive Health Working Group recently released the latest...