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WHEREAS, Angel's Place, Incorporated was founded in 1984 by Mary Winter, to provide single parents who are low-income, full-time students with the opportunity to complete their education, and;
WHEREAS, Two-thirds of teen mothers who keep their babies will never finish high school, and;
WHEREAS, parents-students of Angel's Place have access to individual support, education counseling, career planning, job placement and parenting development, and;
WHEREAS, Angel's Place creates lasting community change by providing a supportive environment to young single parents so that they may secure satisfying employment, establish careers and become self-sufficient citizens, and;
WHEREAS, without adequate support, young, single parents are likely to become trapped in a cycle of poverty driven by low-paying jobs or financial dependency, and;
WHEREAS, through no-pay child care and family support programs that embody the best practices of education, family and child development, Angel's Place provides a loving, nurturing, safe and healthy environment that every parent and child deserves, and;
WHEREAS, Angel's place has expanded to include two centers in the City of Pittsburgh including Brookline and the North Side, as well as the Borough of Swissvale, and;
WHEREAS, the pioneering work of Angel's Place has been accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), and;
WHEREAS, Angel's Place provides a family-like environment to low-income, single and full-time students ages 15 and up with a child birth to age 5 years, and in 2013 Angel's Place nurtured 90 children, 28 toddlers and 36 preschoolers, and celebrated the graduation of 16 parents in 2013.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh hereby both recognizes and is ever-grateful for the groundbreaking community-building work that Angel's Place has done for young parents in the Pittsburgh area over the past three decades, and;...
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