It’s June! For LEAP, that means focusing our attention on making sure new college students don’t fall behind ( “melt” )on their college plans during the long, lazy days of summertime. While we focus on this every summer, this year things are different in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a recent TIME…
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The City of Tampa has tapped LEAP Tampa Bay to join other businesses and non-profits as part of Mayor Jane Castor and the City of Tampa’s new Resilient Tampa roadmap – the city’s first resilience roadmap. Led by Tampa’s first Sustainability & Resilience Officer, Whit Remer, and with support from the non-profit Resilient Cities Catalyst,…
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Earnings rise with educational attainment, and a better-educated workforcewill also strengthen the state’s economy The Florida College Access Network (FCAN) and its partners across the state (including LEAP Tampa Bay) recently launched the Cash for College campaign to promote FAFSA completion as a crucial step as students and their families make plans for education beyond…
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