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Tennessee Achieves updates Bradley County commissioners on mentoring, emergency grants and mentor recruitment
Summary
A Tennessee Achieves representative told commissioners the program supports postsecondary students, serves 74 counties and offers coaching and $1,000 emergency grants; the group is recruiting mentors with a Nov. 14 deadline.
A Tennessee Achieves representative briefed Bradley County commissioners on Sept. 8 about the nonprofit’s Tennessee Promise support services, coaching model, emergency grants and mentor recruitment.
Baylor Adkins, representing Tennessee Achieves, said the program supports students pursuing postsecondary credentials and that 84.7% of Tennessee Promise scholarship recipients continue to live and work in Tennessee after graduation. She said Tennessee Achieves serves 74 counties and more than 400 high schools and that 93% of Tennessee…
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