NAC Kids Can Education Partnership Named a Mutual of America 2018 Community Partnership Award Winner

NEW YORK, Nov. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Mutual of America announced today that NAC Kids Can Education Partnership was named a Merit Finalist award recipient of its 2018 Community Partnership Award competition.

The program was created by New Alternatives for Children (NAC), an award-winning child welfare agency that provides comprehensive, interdisciplinary health and social services for children who are living in poverty, have experienced or are at risk for abuse/neglect, and have complex medical and mental-health challenges.

Through the NAC Kids Can Education Partnership, NAC's nine full-time, master's-level education specialists provide services to children in special medical and foster-care programs, beginning with babies and early childhood education and extending through high school and beyond. NAC and its partners provide advocacy in numerous forms, including school placement, special education support and transportation assistance. Additionally, they offer literacy programs for parents and young children, and a College Bound program that supports adolescents beginning their college journey. NAC also advocates with the NYC Department of Education to provide services to support children with highly specialized needs.

"The NAC Kids Can Education Partnership serves more than 600 children and their families each year. Many of these children are among New York City's most vulnerable and medically complex residents," said NAC founder and Executive Director Arlene Goldsmith, LCSW, Ph.D. "Despite the extraordinary challenges they face, these young people deserve the same opportunities we want for our own children, including access to the best schools for their academic needs and a chance at a brighter future."

About the Mutual of America Community Partnership Award

The Mutual of America Community Partnership Award annually honors the outstanding contributions that nonprofit organizations, in partnership with public, private and other social sector organizations, make to society. Since 1996, the Community Partnership Award has recognized 230 partnerships from cities and towns across America. To watch videos of all of the national award-winning programs, visit the Mutual of America Foundation Community Partnership Award channel on YouTube.

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