Students at H.D. Woodson Create Care Packages & Personalized Messages for Classmates Experiencing Homelessness
Every week youth at H.D. Woodson High School in Ward 7 of Washington, D.C. learn about civic engagement and practice civic action through youth service projects with the help of volunteer organizations like ours, the Community Enrichment Project. The first few months of the school year students selected hefty topics, such as domestic violence,…
Lights On Afterschool: 4 Questions with DC Afterschool Ambassador Daniela Grigioni
In September, the Afterschool Alliance announced that Daniela Grigioni had been selected as one of 15 leaders from across the nation to serve as a 2016-2017 Afterschool Ambassador. Since 2001, more than 200 individuals have served as Afterschool Ambassadors with the Afterschool Alliance, working in their communities and states to increase awareness of the need…
So What is “Health Check” and What’s the Big Deal?
AmeriHealth is the largest Medicaid managed care organization (MCO) in DC with more than 100,000 members and a part of the AmeriHealth Caritas family of companies, a national leader in managed care. This month, Market President Karen Dale shares why the “Health Check” is so important to you and your youth. You’ve probably heard the…