Florida

The Metropolitan Ministries ParentChild+ site’s graduation was highlighted by Fox 13 in Tampa. They did not use our new name, but a nice piece about Metropolitan Ministries work with families. Please click here to watch.

In April 2016, Julian Castro, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, visited Tampa, Florida to celebrate the city as one of 25 model communities across the country in which the local housing authority is partnering with the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading to ensure that…

Leslie A. Maxwell (Aug. 23, 2012) — Kindergartners across the country are kicking off their official schooling careers over the next several weeks (some are already underway), but up to 45 percent of them won’t be “ready to learn,” under a definition that includes certain cognitive skills, but…