- Institute for Collaboration’s Mathematics and Science Education System/$100,000
The Institute and its partners brought together a collaborative coalition with the goal of developing an Aurora Mathematics and Science Education System that would culminate in a Magnet Academy for East Aurora and West Aurora elementary and middle school students who are gifted and talented in math and science. - Communities In Schools’ Community Assessment Project/$50,000
The collaborators will develop a comprehensive, centralized data warehousing system for use by agencies who apply for funding both inside and outside Aurora. The primary focus of the project is to develop and analyze data that will support education and school-based community initiatives. - Rush Copley Medical Center’s Binary Health Integration Project/$15,000
Working with their six B-Hip collaborative partners in behavioral health, psychiatry, the Aurora East School District, and local human service agencies, the Copley family practitioners will coordinate the prevention, promotion, and especially, the early identification, intervention and treatment of mild to severe mental illness in children and teens in the Aurora area.
For a more comprehensive view of the Challenge for Change criteria and the three award recipients.