Ready for Life
Ready for Life is a collaborative movement through which public and private organizations serving Nevada's youth can partner to employ concrete strategies that will improve outcomes for youth and increase the likelihood that students are college and career ready. NPEF facilitates RFL efforts in Clark, Churchill, Esmeralda, Lyon, Nye, Storey and Washoe counties. With established RFL efforts, Clark, Churchill and Washoe counties have secured funding by leveraging the knowledge and planning of the larger effort. Between the years 2004-2010, almost $23.5 million was leveraged by RFL partners to serve youth in our communities. In the past year alone, our partners across Nevada leveraged over $18.65 million to support shared goals, as a result of the connections developed via Ready for Life.
Ready for Life brings together resources to address both academic and non-academic barriers to student success. Since its inception, the momentum surrounding RFL has resulted in a groundswell of support in a variety of sectors across the state for connecting youth to education, to the workforce and to society.
Grant Programs
Over the past six years, NPEF secured nearly $2 million in grants and donations from public and private sources, awarding more than half of that in grants and seed funding. NPEF partners with Nevada Community Foundation, Wells Fargo, USA Funds, and other private foundations to make grants that support education throughout Nevada, helping students become college and career ready. Since 2005, NPEF has granted out over $1 million through the grant programs, impacting more than 105,000 students.
Advancing Knowledge and Innovation
NPEF translates the resources acquired from our participation in national networks to improve policy and practice in Nevada. In this role, NPEF has been able to contribute to policy that positively impacts multiple systems. For example, RFL partnerships played a key role in getting 2007 Senate Bill 312 introduced and signed into law, providing credit-deficient students with new alternatives to attain the credits necessary for high school graduation.