Education

Cohen: Girls Inc. of Memphis Receives $372,960 Talent Search Grant

July 18, 2016

[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that Girls Inc. of Memphis received a $372,960.00 federal Talent Search grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant will be used to strengthen the organization’s Education Talent Search (ETS) program which helps low-income, first-generation college bound students in grades 9-12 develop an awareness for the importance of postsecondary education.

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Hosting a Gun Violence Prevention Meeting

July 1, 2016

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Remembering the Victims of the Orlando Mass Shooting

June 17, 2016

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Helping Memphians Who Are Living in Substandard Public Housing FacilitiesHelping Memphians Who Are Living in Substandard Public Housing Facilities

May 27, 2016

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Keeping Drunk Drivers Off the Road

May 20, 2016

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Receiving the Inaugural GBTA Navigator Award

May 13, 2016

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Remembering the Memphis Massacre

May 6, 2016

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Cohen Announces More Than $11 Million to Help Prepare Shelby County Children For School

May 2, 2016

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[MEMPHIS, TN] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today announced that the Shelby County Board of Education has been awarded an $11,329,118 grant from the Department of U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) to support Head Start projects.

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Securing Federal Funding for the Memphis Minority Business Center

April 29, 2016

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Cohen’s Statement on President Obama’s New Grants for Tuition-Free Community Colleges Programs

April 25, 2016

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[WASHINGTON, DC] – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) today released the following statement in reaction to the Obama Administration’s new $100 million competition to expand tuition-free community college programs, announced earlier today by Vice President Joe Biden in Philadelphia.

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