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Denice Dorchak-Ochola | |||
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Denice Dorchak-Ochola, Portfolio Assistant, joined the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation in 2009 and provides administrative support for portfolio management, evaluation and screening candidates for investment. Previously she interned with Goods for Good, a nonprofit providing material and financial support to schools and orphan care centers in Malawi and Haiti. She also worked as a computer instructor in the after school program at Grand Street Settlement and as a legal intern for Tuckner, Sipser, Weinstock & Sipser, LLP, a law firm specializing in women’s employment rights. Dorchak-Ochola holds a BA in international relations from the City College of New York. | |||
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In the Spotlight
EMCF Named Social Innovation Fund Intermediary
On July 22, 2010, the Corporation for National and Community Service announced it had selected the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation as of one of 11 intermediaries for the Social Innovation Fund (SIF). It has awarded the Foundation a $10 million federal grant to support youth-serving organizations with effective, evidence-based programs and a potential for substantial growth.
Highlights from the News
Mentor program aids at-risk kids in Prince George's schools (Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection)
The Washington Post, June 24, 2010
Proven sex-ed programs get a boost from Obama (CAS-Carrera Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program) All Things Considered, National Public Radio, June 6 2010
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The Harlem Children's Zone Featured on CBS 60 Minutes
December 6, 2009
Nurse home visits for pregnant women could keep their children off the streets in years to come (Nurse Family Partnership)
Newsweek, September 12, 2009
