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Essential Services Plan The Kids Hope Alliance Completes the Essential Services Plan for Jacksonville's Youth and Families
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Kids Hope Alliance Vision:

"Every Child and Youth Will Reach Their Academic, Career, and Civic Potential"
Kids Hope Alliance Mission:

"To Build and Ensure Access to a Continuum of Comprehensive and Integrated Programs, Services, and Activities that Address the Critical Needs of Children and Youth"

Jacksonville mayor signs Kids Hope Alliance bill

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry signed the Kids Hope Alliance bill Wednesday afternoon.

The bill signing came about one week after the Jacksonville City Council approved the mayor’s

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Curry names 6 to newly created Kids Hope Alliance

Mayor Lenny Curry on Wednesday named six people, including a former sheriff, and business and nonprofit leaders, to oversee the Kids Hope Alliance, the city’s newly formed agency that

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Where Jacksonville students can get free lunches this summer

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – With school out, the Duval County Health Department is teaming up with the Kids Hope Alliance to provide healthy lunches to children in need.

The Summer Food

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New studies are exploring the impact of social media and screen time on the adolescent brain. From focus to self-discipline to self-esteem, there are several factors to consider when monitoring your teen’s smart phone usage. Check out this discussion, highlighting research being conducted at National Institutes of Health (NIH). Share your thoughts below about managing teenage screen time with other important developmental factors, like adequate sleep and one on one relationship.
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Middle school can be a challenging time for our youth as they seek to find their identity and establish their own community of friends. Kids Hope Alliance is proud to partner with several community agencies providing out of school time enrichment to our pre-teens in Jacksonville. The world they face today is increasingly complicated. What ways do you help instill confidence and support?
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Jacksonville mayor signs Kids Hope Alliance bill

Curry names 6 to newly created Kids Hope Alliance

Where Jacksonville students can get free lunches this summer