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Amer-I-Can Goes to College (TSU)

This is an incredible opportunity to affect change at the university level; Texas Southern will be a model program.


Amer-I-Can Graduates of the BCA/YouthBuild

“I’ve taught the Amer-I-Can Life Management Skills curriculum for over 15 years and this graduating class is the ultimate validation

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Big George Hughley

In the span of a life cut short by a fatal motor cycle accident, ‘Big George’ Hughley left indelible footprints ...

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Amer-I-Can Breaks Ground in Tennessee

Amer-I-Can got a taste of Southern hospitality during Jim Brown’s four-day visit to the ‘Volunteer’ state.

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    Executive Director
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  Thursday, August 7, 2008 The Amer-I-Can Foundation  
Ohio

Jim Brown Speaks to Stakeholders in Cleveland
Jim Brown Speaks to Stakeholders in Cleveland
News Articles

Click on the links below to read about how the Amer-I-Can Program is impacting Ohio.

"The Amer-I-Can Program Implementation Phase in Cleveland"

"Affecting Positive Change in Ohio"


Chart A
Chart A
State Data: GPA
 
Since 1995, the Ohio
Legislature has funded the Amer-I-Can Program in 28 public high schools and middle schools in 10 cities throughout the state. From 1995 to 2002, over 5,500 students were trained resulting in astounding improvements in grades, attendance and behavior.

The city of Canton has funded the Amer-I-Can program at Timken High School, Hartford, Crenshaw and Lehman Middle Schools where over 1,200 students have been trained since 1995.

During the first three years of the Ohio operation, the average GPA of the students increased from 1.20 before the training, to 1.64 at the end of the training, representing a 37% increase. 

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