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  • 2-OUTREACH WORKERS - CHEMICAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

    May 12, 2020

    VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT 2-OUTREACH WORKERS CHEMICAL HEALTH PROGRAMS Open: May 11, 2020 Closing: May 27, 2020 @ 3:00 p.m. PRIMARY FUNCTION Responsible for assisting to plan and carry out personal change in the use of alcohol and other drugs for clients to deal with related life issues including age appropriate personal growth and development. Reports to Executive Director, full-time w/benefits, salary; DOQ. ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES • Communicate and maintain good report with outside res...

  • Devastated Budgets and Widening Inequities: How the Coronavirus Collapse Will Impact Schools

    May 12, 2020

    Almost half of the nation’s 13,000 school districts may be forced to make the deepest cuts to education spending in a generation—slashing programs and laying off hundreds of thousands of administrators, teachers and other staff—to fend off financial collapse brought on by the coronavirus. But while the economic impact on schools will be historic, it will not be random. https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2020/05/09/devastated-budgets-and-widening-inequities-how-the.html?cmp=eml-enl-eu-news1&M=59571612&U=2050105&UUID=42d8eaa0e...

  • How School Will Change When Kids Return to Classrooms

    May 12, 2020

    When schools reopen this fall – if they reopen this fall – students and teachers will not be returning to the classroom learning environments they left behind in March, when school districts across the country shuttered for more than 55 million children. Some of the most obvious differences will be the increased sanitization of classrooms and buses, teachers and children wearing masks and other personal protective gear, frequent temperature checks and hand-washing and new rules that allow for...

  • Schools Delay or Get Creative to Celebrate Graduations

    May 12, 2020

    BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — School officials and students across North Dakota are looking at creative ways to celebrate the high school Class of 2020, hoping to ensure the rite of passage is recognized while keeping social distancing guidelines in mind amid the coronavirus outbreak. Others are banking on a potential COVID-19 breakthrough and are delaying the pomp and circumstance for weeks and even months so that seniors may be able to move their tassels in as close to a traditional ceremony as possible. https://www.usnews.com/new...

  • Minnesota Governor Says Graduation Ceremony Ban Was Painful

    May 12, 2020

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota essentially banned large-scale high school and college graduation ceremonies for the class of 2020 on Friday to limit the spread of the coronavirus, dashing the spirits of students who had been holding out hope for traditional pomp and circumstance. The Minnesota Department of Education and the Office of Higher Education issued guidance saying indoor graduations and ceremonies held outside in stadiums and on football fields are not permitted. The agencies are encouraging schools to hold online events instead. h...

  • Schools struggle to afford meals for low-income kids

    May 12, 2020

    Many public schools that are closed by the coronavirus pandemic are still providing lunches to low-income students who would otherwise go hungry. Some are serving entire families and other community members, acting more like soup kitchens than school cafeterias. Why it matters: About half of all U.S. public schoolchildren rely on free or reduced-price meals, a figure that is expected to rise as more parents become unemployed. https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-school-lunch-payments-9989cf00-d633-4667-a10f-06cf99222551.html...

  • Scholarship America® Raises Record-breaking $800,000 for Deserving Students during Dreams to Success "Day of Giving"

    May 12, 2020

    MINNEAPOLIS, May 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A record one-day total of more than $800,000, was raised on May 7th to help students pay college expenses in these challenging times. Scholarship America, the nation's largest private provider of college scholarships, transitioned its 6th annual national Dream Awards event into a virtual "Day of Giving" to support its mission during the pandemic. Instead of a Washington, D.C. ballroom, the virtual event was hosted for 12 hours on Facebook, honoring 21 exceptional Scholarship America Dream Award...

  • FSA Career Opportunity - Beltrami County Program Technician

    May 12, 2020

    The Farm Service Agency (FSA) is an exciting and rewarding place to start, build, and/or continue your career. Be part of our team and support the well-being of northern Minnesota agriculture! FSA is currently accepting applications for 2 full-time Farm Program Technician position to be located at the Beltrami County USDA Service Center. FSA Program Technicians are the first line of communication with the farmers and ranchers we serve in delivery of federal farm programs. We are looking for...

  • Interior watchdog to probe why tribal stimulus was steered to corporations

    May 12, 2020

    The Department of the Interior’s internal watchdog has kicked off a probe into whether a top official inappropriately tried to steer coronavirus stimulus funds. The letter from Interior’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) comes as several Democratic lawmakers requested an investigation into Tara Sweeney, Interior’s assistant secretary for Indian Affairs. https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/497207-interior-watchdog-to-probe-why-tribal-stimulus-was-steered-to...

  • White Earth awarded $20.6 million from Cares Act

    May 12, 2020

    After a five-week wait, the White Earth Nation received $20.6 million in federal funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. Congress appropriated $8 billion for tribal governments in the CARES Act that passed March 27, and the funds were received by White Earth earlier this month. https://www.dl-online.com/news/government-and-politics/6486125-White-Earth-awarded-20.6-million-from-Cares-Act...