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2018

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The Scholar Savings Program is expanded to cover all three school districts and over 30 schools. The El Monte Promise Foundation hosts the 1st Annual College and Career Conference with our partners. EMPF partners with Abriendo Puertas to provide classes that support parents as a child’s first teacher, as agents of change, and as key […]

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2019

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EMPF is one of nine programs in the state awarded the Every Kid Counts Grant from the State of California to support the work of the Scholar Savings Program.

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2020

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EMPF adopts a three-year strategic plan with a focus on helping the community respond to and recover from the COVID 19 crisis while providing foundational support for the cradle-to-college pathway. EMPF kicks off the Roadmap to College, a grade-based guide for students and families to prepare for college from PreK through 8th grade.

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2021

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Awarded a $600,000 grant from the California Student Aid Commission to support College Savings Accounts. Opened 500th Scholars Savings Account Joined the Strive Together Network, a national organization focused on building cradle-to-career focused communities. Distributed more than 3,000 books to students to support Summer reading.

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2022

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Launched the Roadmap to College to support college readiness at every grade level, distributing booklets to 13,000 PreK-8th grade students.

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