United Way of Metropolitan Dallas announced today that Stand for Children—Dallas’ Home Visit Project has been selected as a 2020 Social Innovator. Only 10 organizations are selected each year. Participating organizations are recognized for tackling challenges in education, income, and health in North Texas. By investing in promising solutions, the…
The Home Visit Project was recently featured in two articles from Education Lab, a project of the Seattle Times that spotlights promising approaches to persistent challenges in public education. Stacey Vanhoy, Dallas Director of Stand for Children, talked about how the Home Visit Project came to be four years ago and…
Stand for Children Texas is honored to be among the 15 nonprofits to receive grants from Communities Foundation of Texas’ W.W. Caruth Jr. Fund. The $500,000 grant will be applied to further studying the benefits of our Home Visit Project, which has already shown that when teachers visit their students at…
In the 2016-2017 school year, I had the opportunity to attend a home visit with a set of teachers from one of our district schools. The family openly welcomed us and graciously shared what their hopes and dreams were for all their children. I remember what struck me the most was…