| Last updated on August 15, 2008 |
Our mission is to empower at-risk children and youth to maximize their potential by providing them with academic, social and values enrichment through supportive mentoring and the use of technology. Through aggressive and innovative academic enrichment and mentoring, the U.S. Dream Academy is working to build dreams of the children of prisoners and those failing in school; and to provide the tools that they need to achieve their dreams.
Description:
The U.S. Dream Academy is an organization dedicated to making America a better place by starting with the most significant members of society-- our children.
Across the nation there are thousands of young people who wake up every day wondering how or if they will see tomorrow. For many, an absent father, an addicted mother, a guardian, brother, aunt, uncle or neighbor in jail is not the exception but the rule. Research shows that the children of prisoners are seven times more likely than their peers to experience incarceration in the future.
The U.S. Dream Academy is here to stop this vicious cycle and show that with the right tools and guidance, a child can achieve anything, regardless of how they got their start in life. We know that the children we don't educate too often are the adults we incarcerate. By giving youth education, encouragement, and confidence, we can provide them with the hope and opportunity they need to become great achievers.
Please take a moment to read our mission, goals, and the rest of our website. You'll see that the more support we get, the greater the impact we'll have on bettering the lives of our nation's children.
History:
The U.S. Dream Academy was founded in 1998 in Florida as a 501 (c)(3) non- profit organization.
A small well-trained staff, headquartered in Columbia, Maryland directs the U.S. Dream Academy and reports to a national 19 member board and oversees the work of each Dream Academy Learning Center. In addition the national office staff, develops new sites which link every youth member via the Internet, creates new programs, curricula, learning modules and continuing training for staff and volunteers.
Our "Learn to Learn" experience seeks to...
Enhance the academic performance and capacity of children and youth that are experiencing difficulty in school by offering valuable tutoring and academic support
Instill values and enrich the lives of children and youth by offering them confidence-building [mentoring programs
Provide children and youth the computer skills necessary to succeed in today's technology-focused society
Build stronger families and communities through outreach and leadership development
Contact person: Shawn Hannah, Intake Coordinator, (phone), (email)
Office fax number: (404) 475-1909
Address:
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1890 Donald L. Hollowell Parkway NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
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Web Site: http://www.usdreamacademy.org
Directions:
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From north of the city: Take 75/85 South to 20 west. Take 20 west to the Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. When you exit go straight across to Westlake. Stay on Westlake past the Marta station, past the Job Corp. . . (more)
Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: Bankhead Train Station,
Walk distance (in minutes): 2 miles
Nearest Bus Stop: Bankhead and Elizabeth, 1 minute minute walk |
Additional Information
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Youth (ages 7-17)
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