Next month, Take Stock will be assisting more than 1,800 high school seniors fill out college applications during National College Application Month. It’s an activity that has shown to have real results. Three years ago, through a United States Department of Education Investing in Innovation Grant, Take Stock in Children infused its scholarship and mentoring model with college readiness programming to ensure that students would be prepared for postsecondary education, including the first and often hardest step of filling out a college application. This college bound mindset is working. According to Take Stock in Children's new report, the college enrollment rate for Take Stock scholars has climbed this year to 96%, compared to the Florida average of 56%.

Take Stock in Children Founder and State Board Member Donald Pemberton, Ph.D., was recently recognized as the recipient of the 2015 Bob Craves Champion of College Access Award during the National College Access Network (NCAN) conference held in Orlando, Florida.

Take Stock in Children recently hosted Rachel’s Challenge, a nationally recognized school culture change presentation of Rachel Scott’s story, at Andrew Jackson High School on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 and at Columbia High School on Thursday, September 24, 2015.

Jillian Hasner has been appointed to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of Take Stock in Children, a statewide non-profit organization with a 20-year history of helping low-income and at-risk youth break the cycle of poverty by providing scholarships, mentors and hope.