IIEC YOUTH AND TEEN INC. is an organization that builds relationships in the community, in the school system, and with the families of the students attending our programs.
The Youth Matters Program is designed to be an outlet for youth and teens who may need additional educational support, structure, guidance, mentorship, and love. We also offer mentorship and leadership opportunities through our collaborative partnerships.
Pisgah Legal Services provides free legal services to help children and families stabilize housing and avoid homelessness, access affordable health care, increase their incomes with child tax credits and other means, and stop interpersonal violence. Any of our work can benefit children to help them reach their potential. The services of Pisgah Legal Services benefit more than 3,500 children annually.
The following op-ed was produced by United Way president and CEO Dan Leroy and board chair and former BCS Associate Superintendent, Susanne Swanger. It was published on 3/12/23.
Buncombe County has only a handful of organizations that have served generations of families and individuals. Among the groups who have had the honor of working with our Buncombe County community for over a century are United Way of Asheville and Buncombe Co (UWABC), and Mission Health.
The Department of Education Deputy Secretary, Cindy Marte, virtually visited Asheville (and the rest of the country) last week for a webinar to launch Community Schools Forward, a new task force working to strengthen community schools across the country.
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