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YouthQuest Highlights: March 2020
Math at Home To help keep students learning after schools were closed in March, YouthQuest staff created math activity packets for all grade levels. These packets were sent home with YouthQuest students during meal pick-ups at individual sites. To view and download the packets, click here. All Fun and Games To encourage learning in an interactive way, students at Brownell… Read More 

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On the Job: Autumn Booker
As a flight attendant for Allegiant Airlines at Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Autumn Booker gets to travel the country for work. “I like having the freedom of a flexible schedule,” says Booker, an alumna of Flint Northern High School. “I can work at any time of the day and it changes all the time.” This allows… Read More 

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Encourage Learning at Home with Reading, Interactive Notebooks
Face-to-face learning has been suspended for the remainder of the school year, but that doesn’t mean learning will stop for Michigan students. School districts have been tasked with providing remote learning opportunities over the next few months, and parents can play an important role in alleviating learning loss as well. An easy way to do this is to encourage your… Read More 

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Going Remote with TeenQuest and Summer Youth Initiative
For the first time in TeenQuest history, students have completed the pre-employment program via computer and phone rather than in-person. The change in format came in response to the coronavirus outbreak, which has kept students at home since March 16. “By the time Governor Whitmer announced the initial closing of K-12 school buildings in Michigan, our students had just one… Read More 

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The Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce today announced that 52 small businesses located in Flint and Genesee County were awarded $5,000 grants each from the Michigan Small Business Relief Program to help ease some of the financial damage caused by the COVID-19 virus. The Michigan Economic Development Corp. (MEDC), which funds the program, allotted Genesee County $260,000 for the… Read More 

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Deadline is Sunday, March 29, at 11:59 p.m. Small businesses in Flint and Genesee County impacted by the COVID-19 virus can now apply for grants and loans through the Michigan Small Business Relief Program. The program, established by the Michigan Economic Development Corp. (MEDC), will provide up to $20 million in grants and loans to provide economic assistance to Michigan’s… Read More