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"Low-income students from one Chicago high school will have an easier time paying for college should they choose to attend Grand Valley State University. GVSU was recently selected as one of 16 colleges participating in the Phoenix Pact, a scholarship program for students at North Lawndale College Preparatory High School in Chicago."

"The purpose of program is to provide academic and other support services to low-income, first-generation and disabled college students to increase retention and graduation rates, according to a statement."

"Low income senior citizens in Philadelphia are being given vouchers to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables. Senior farmers' market produce vouchers were distributed at Reading Terminal Market, and Sue Gibson, nutrition manager at the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging, says that while Wednesday was their final distribution date here, it's not too late to pick up a voucher elsewhere."

"Started in 1976 as an outgrowth of the National School Lunch Program, the Summer Food Service Program is designed to reach those who are age 18 or younger in low-income areas. It also is open to people over 18 who are mentally or physically handicapped and who participate in public or nonprofit private programs established for the disabled."

"McCormack gets paid $11 an hour through the In-Home Supportive Services Program, which pays family members and other caregivers to help about 467,000 enrollees with such things as housecleaning, bathing, grocery shopping and laundry so they can stay at home rather than move to a nursing home or other care facility. A poll by the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that less than one-third of Californians age 40 and over have heard of the program, which dates back to the 1950s."

"Brooklyn College Academy has ushered many students like Bridgewater and Polite successfully through high school: 100 percent of the school's black students graduated on time last year, and almost all of them went on to four-year colleges. In contrast, the overall graduation rate for black male students in New York City was 58 percent in 2014."

"To combat the obstacles that many first-generation or low-income students might face, Cornell University, among others, instituted pre-freshman summer programs, which are designed to bridge the gap between high school and college and offer a smoother transition into the rigorous academic and social culture that exists on elite campuses. These summer sessions include classes and enrichment programs to prepare students for college academics while also providing them with community and resources."

"So researchers have been going back to the drawing board, trying to prove that, no matter which measuring stick you use, the worst teachers usually end up teaching the most disadvantaged kids. Last month, one of the top researchers in this field, labor economist Dan Goldhaber, published a new study with some of the most convincing evidence yet."