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Menu Set Weather Michigan Subscribe (http://ads.mlive.com/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2014/02/third_grade_reading_scores_tee.html/1011688240/SponsorRight/MICHIGANLIVE/default/empty.gif/4442494b6f6c504f5747734141746c58) Sign In Search (http://www.mlive.com/) 1 Third grade reading, teen pregnancy among major comment issues facing Muskegon area, United Way says (http://ads.mlive.com/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2014/02/third_grade_reading_scores_tee.html/1619843282/SecSponsor/MICHIGANLIVE/default/empty.gif/4442494b6f6c504f5747734141746c58) New Rule in Grand Rapids, MI: 1 Strange Trick To KILL Teeth Stains Mortgage Trick Helps You Live Your Dream 2013 Actors and Actresses Who Died ads by 2014 Election Guide The Muskegon-area community must address teen pregnancy, third grade reading proficiency and help residents secure living w ages, said United Way of the Lakeshore representatives on Thursday. 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Anderson | manders6@mlive.com (http://connect.mlive.com/staff/manders6/posts.html) on February 07, 2014 at 9:03 AM, updated February 07, 2014 at 2:37 PM before heading to the polls (http://www.mlive.com/voterguide/#incart_specialreport) Learn about all races (http://ads.mlive.com/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2014/02/third_grade_reading_scores_tee.html/1359196673/StoryAd/MICHIGANLIVE/default/empty.gif/4442494b6f6c504f5747734141746c58) (http://thevoterguide.mlive.com/raceMUSKEGON, MI – The Muskegon-area community must address teen pregnancy, index.do#incart_special-report) third grade reading proficiency and help residents secure living wages, United Way of Candidate profiles (http://thevoterguide.mlive.com/candidatethe Lakeshore representatives said Thursday. index.do#incart_special-report) Build your personal ballot (http://thevoterguide.mlive.com/build.do#incart_specialreport) United Way President Christine Robere told the Muskegon Rotary Club during its monthly meeting Feb. 6 that those educational, economic and health-related challenges were among the most urgent obstacles facing residents. Michigan politics coverage (http://www.mlive.com/politics#incart_specialreport) “You have to know how to read in order to learn and we have to get that message across,” Robere said. Robere said United Way looks at several sources to assess the progress of Lakeshore Get the latest updates youth, including data from local schools and the annual Kids Count survey (http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2013/12/muskegon_county_again_given_lo.html). Subscribe to our The United Way presentation also came with updates on the organization’s latest fundraising campaign and the latest happenings taking place at its downtown office on newsletters Clay Avenue. (http://www.mlive.com/newsletters) Like MLive on Robere said that while the nonprofit has reached 93 percent of its $2.6 million Facebook fundraising goal for Muskegon County (http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2013/09/united_way_of_the_lakeshore_ai.html), (http://www.mlive.com/connect/social/#Facebook) it still had more work to do before the March deadline. Follow MLive on During the last campaign, 11,000 donors, including 586 workplace campaigns, raised Twitter (http://www.mlive.com/connect/social/#Twitter) $2.7 million. Top workplace accounts included Mercy Health, Alcoa Howmet and GE Aviation. Most Read The United Way has championed education, along with good income and health as the building blocks of a quality of life and those items were advanced this past year through many programs, Robere said. Its THRIVE Agenda, Lights On Afterschool initiative and the new Michigan Reading Corps program helped United Way address the educational needs of local youth. Robere said the Reading Corps is a data-driven, evidence-based pilot program that it launched in collaboration with Hope Network and the Heart of West Michigan United Way in Grand Rapids. The initiative, modeled after Minnesota Reads, funds two Americorps workers who began their work at a Muskegon Heights elementary school last fall. “Instead of going to the Peace Corps, they can volunteer their time locally,” Robere said. “We’re looking forward to the results here. Early indicators have been positive.” The group is the second Reading Corps effort to debut in Michigan, she said. With the Lights On Afterschool effort, United Way aims to partner 150 elementary youth with 150 senior tutors to help with evening tutoring needs. Last year, the program reached 416 students at five sites throughout the area, Robere said. Robere said recent reading advancement among third grade reading scores could be attributed to several community efforts, including the federally funded Head Start child development and preschool program and Catholic Charities West Michigan’s Healthy Families Program. On the health front, the organization has partnered with Rotary’s One in 21 Healthy Muskegon County initiative to push for smoking cessation programs and to reduce behaviors associated with obesity, she said. Craigslist murders: Pregnant teen was strangled, boyfriend's head removed in triple homicide (http://www.mlive.com/news/grandrapids/index.ssf/2014/07/pregnant_teen_was_strangled_bo.html#incart_mostread) Black and white is the new orange? Sheriff buys jail jumpsuits after orange becomes 'cool' (http://www.mlive.com:80/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2014/07/black_and_white_is_the_new_ora.html#incart_mostread) Black and white is the new orange? 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Last year, the organization hosted its second annual Ride United event (http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2014/07/deranged_flint_man_gets_prison.html#incart_mostread) (http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2013/08/ride_united_second_year_of_uni.html) in conjunction with the Michigan Irish Music Festival. The physical activity challenged Craigslist murders: Brooke residents to participate in a 15-mile ride throughout the region. Robere went on to say to help youth achieve living wages, United Way recently helped employ 50 low-income youth through a paid summer internship program in collaboration with the Michigan Works! Association and Goodwill Industries’ GoodTemps effort. The students also volunteered regularly, including the United Ways annual Day of Caring effort. When asked by a Rotarian what pressing challenges the community might not know about, Robere named teen pregnancy, the challenges facing single parent households and the need for living wages for residents. Slocum's family talks about 'secret part' of her life, online safety (http://www.mlive.com/news/grandrapids/index.ssf/2014/07/craigslist_murders_maternal_fa.html#incart_mostread) Active Discussions 1 In order to address these issues, Robere and United Way’s community engagement director Kristina Coby said area residents must volunteer. Coby, who joined United Way from Sault Ste. Marie last year, urged residents to collaborate with the United Way’s West Michigan Volunteer Center, which it officially acquired Vassar counter-protest group: 'There's no room for hate' in Central American refugee conversation (http://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/index.ssf/2014/07/vassar_counterprotest_group_s.html#incart_mostcomments) (57 comments) 2 Have questions about Proposal 1? Get answers here in our editorial board (http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2013/05/volunteer_center_of_west_michi.html) interview in October. 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Newest | Oldest From the Archive Newest | Oldest ()Ataboys Feb 9, 2014 If a Male Fornicates with a Female teen she may win 60 percent of a Males Pay Check for years. Sometimes the reverse happens the Male gets fifty percent of the females welfare check for impregnate fees so she can collect welfare. The more the merrier! ()lolskeetown Feb 7, 2014 Considering they commit violent crimes at a rate of 600% higher than anyone else, jails are exactly what you will need. Unfortunately we pay 36,500$ per inmate each year, so ya... ()lolskeetown Feb 7, 2014 Lol like we don't all know the answer to that. ()intothefray Feb 7, 2014 Muskegon County used to have a teen parent program which made an effort to assist these sometimes very young women overcome the huge obstacles they and their children face. I think the state cut its funding. Such a short-sighted decision. ()intothefray Feb 7, 2014 Gee, considering the headline, I was hoping to learn a little more about the teen pregnancy problem in Muskegon County. Where's the story on that? ()Kevin Rahe Feb 7, 2014 I'm sure that no one knows what to say. The only long-term solution is to effect a cultural shift back to the expectation that sex belongs in marriage and not anywhere else. But that conveys an idea about marriage that flies in the face of others' efforts to redefine the institution so as to admit same-sex couples. The result is a society-wide impasse. 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