{"id":3221,"date":"2014-08-28T09:30:10","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T16:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylinecollege.edu\/skylineshines\/?p=3221"},"modified":"2014-08-28T09:30:10","modified_gmt":"2014-08-28T16:30:10","slug":"sparkpoint-at-skyline-college-recognized-3-times-for-exceptional-leadership-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/uncategorized\/sparkpoint-at-skyline-college-recognized-3-times-for-exceptional-leadership-in-california\/","title":{"rendered":"SparkPoint at Skyline College Recognized 3 Times for Exceptional Leadership in California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/skylinecollege.edu\/skylineshines\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/08\/Award-CA-Senate-Recognition-SPSC-2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3222 alignright\" alt=\"Award CA Senate Recognition SPSC 2014\" src=\"http:\/\/skylinecollege.edu\/skylineshines\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/08\/Award-CA-Senate-Recognition-SPSC-2014-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>In Ceremonies held at the United Way of the Bay Area\u2019s Annual Regional SparkPoint Retreat, SparkPoint at Skyline College received a <strong>Certificate of Recognition from the State of California Senate<\/strong> stating, \u201cSparkPoint at Skyline College has allowed many low-income families to be able to move from poverty to financial stability allowing for positive outcomes such as a livable income, good credit scores, the building of one\u2019s savings, and reducing debt to below 40% of monthly income; therefore, be it resolved by Senator Ellen Corbett, that SparkPoint at Skyline College is commended on their long and distinguished record of community assistance and positive influence in the State of California.\u201d Senator Ellen Corbett, District 10.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/skylinecollege.edu\/skylineshines\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/08\/Award-SparkPoint-Challenge-Goal-2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3223 alignleft\" alt=\"Award SparkPoint Challenge Goal 2014\" src=\"http:\/\/skylinecollege.edu\/skylineshines\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/08\/Award-SparkPoint-Challenge-Goal-2014-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>More great news from the retreat is that SparkPoint at Skyline College won a $5000 prize in the <strong>2014 SparkPoint Challenge<\/strong> (among the eleven regional SparkPoint Centers located throughout the Bay Area) for serving the highest percentage of clients to achieve at least one long-term goal leading to financial self-sufficiency.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, to expand the model which SparkPoint services are based upon, the Lumina Foundation\u2019s <strong>Achieving the Dream (ATD)<\/strong> has been tasked with coordinating the expansion of the model (Working Families Success Network \u2013 formerly Centers for Working Families) in additional states across the nation. SparkPoint at Skyline College was selected by ATD and the California Community Colleges Chancellor\u2019s Office as the coordinating college in California which includes Cabrillo College, Ca\u00f1ada College and Porterville College. This three year grant award ($300,000) begins July 2014 and ends June 2017.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the model, please visit the Achieving the Dream Website at <a href=\"http:\/\/achievingthedream.org\/resource\/12793\/working-families-success-network-implementation-guide\">http:\/\/achievingthedream.org\/resource\/12793\/working-families-success-network-implementation-guide<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Article &amp; Photos by Dr. William Watson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Ceremonies held at the United Way of the Bay Area\u2019s Annual Regional SparkPoint Retreat,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3221"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}