Project Adventure has received a Department of Labor federal grant for PA school programs in Georgia. The school program will be part of the continuum of services run by Project Adventure Kids . The funding is for a total amount of 1Million dollars. PA received one of only six grants awarded.
This money will be used for program planning, adventure curricula development and writing, training of staff, equipment, evaluation, administrative costs, and salaries for strengthening the family counseling and outreach component to our participants and potential participants in our school programs in Georgia.
Also, Project Adventure Kids has been awarded a charter school petition for Challenge Charter Academy scheduled to open in September 2008. A core team of experts in curriculum and adventure teaching and learning are in the process of creating a full project-based academic experience aligned with state standards.
Project Adventure is excited by this opportunity to expand the success of our Georgia direct service educational and counseling services which have been developed predominantly by Cindy Simpson (Ed.S.). Simpson has directed PA’s Georgia office since its establishment in 1982 and is responsible for creating all of the direct service programs operated in Georgia. She was instrumental in developing and adapting PA’s core concepts into the behavior management method that is being adopted by alternative schools, court schools and residential treatment agencies nationally.
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