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EmpowerED Student & Family Success

Invest in Student Success

Your support helps EmpowerEd provide students and families with access to academic support, advocacy, educational resources, and community-based programs designed to help them thrive.

Together, we can empower students, equip families, and build pathways to success.

How to donate

🟢 Cash App

The fastest, easiest way to send your tithes and offerings directly from your phone:

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  • Step 1: Open the Cash App on your mobile device.

  • Step 2: Enter your donation amount and send to $Agarner4.

  • Step 3: In the "For" / Memo line, please specify your giving category:

    • Examples: "Academic Support", "Family & IEP Advocacy", "Partnerships", 

📮 Alternative Giving Methods

1. Mail a Check or Money Order

If you prefer to send your contribution through the mail, please make all checks payable to the full church name:

  • Make Checks Payable To:

    EmpowerED Student Family Success

  • Mailing Address:

    201 W Russ Ave. Mishawaka, IN, 46545

Every gift helps us remove barriers, strengthen families, and create more opportunities for students to receive the support they need regardless of their circumstances.

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  • Partnerships

CHURCH & COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

Bringing educational support into the community

EmpowerEd works with churches, nonprofits, and community organizations to create accessible educational opportunities for students and families. 

 

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Community tutoring programs

These initiatives provide localized academic support by bringing tutoring services directly into community settings where students are already gathering.

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Back-to-school programming

These initiatives help families prepare for the new academic year by providing essential information, resources, and support.

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Family advocacy workshops

These sessions empower families by teaching them how to navigate special education systems and communicate effectively with school staff.

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Customized community initiatives

These flexible partnerships are tailored to address the unique educational needs and goals of specific community organizations and their members.

Bringing educational support into the community

Some of the strongest support systems for families already exist within the neighborhoods where they live.

EmpowerEd works with churches, nonprofits, and community organizations to create accessible educational opportunities for students and families.

Partnerships may include:

  • Community tutoring programs
  • Summer academic programs
  • Parent workshops
  • Family education events
  • Back-to-school programming
  • Student enrichment
  • Educational resource events
  • Family advocacy workshops
  • Customized community initiatives

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Support Built Around the Student

01.

Academic Support

Academic support is available through one-on-one and small-group instruction.

Support may include:

  • Reading and literacy
  • Homework support
  • Skill reinforcement

Personalized learning. Meaningful growth

Academic support is available through one-on-one and small-group instruction.

Support may include:

  • Reading and literacy
  • Math
  • Homework support
  • Skill reinforcement
  • Enrichment
  • Study strategies
  • Academic confidence
  • Individualized learning activities

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Academic Intervention

Sometimes the challenge is not simply understanding tonight’s homework. There may be foundational skills that need to be identified and strengthened first.

Our goal is to understand why a student is struggling and create a plan for what comes next.

When a student needs more than traditional tutoring

Sometimes the challenge is not simply understanding tonight’s homework. There may be foundational skills that need to be identified and strengthened first.

Academic intervention may include:

  • Academic skill assessment
  • Identification of learning gaps
  • Individualized success plans
  • Targeted instruction
  • Progress monitoring
  • Parent progress updates
  • Strategies families can use at home

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Partnerships

EmpowerEd partners with organizations that share a commitment to helping young people and families thrive.

Rather than bringing a predetermined program into every organization, we begin by listening.

Better outcomes happen when communities work together

EmpowerEd partners with organizations that share a commitment to helping young people and families thrive.

Rather than bringing a predetermined program into every organization, we begin by listening.

We learn what students, families, and staff are experiencing and explore where EmpowerEd can provide meaningful support.

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Family & IEP Advocacy

Understanding special education systems, IEPs, school communication, and case conferences can feel overwhelming.

EmpowerEd helps families become informed and prepared participants in their child’s educational team.

Helping families navigate education with greater confidence.

Understanding special education systems, IEPs, school communication, and case conferences can feel overwhelming.

EmpowerEd helps families become informed and prepared participants in their child’s educational team.

Support can include:

  • Reviewing IEPs and educational documents
  • Preparing for case conferences
  • Helping families understand special education terminology
  • Identifying questions to ask the school
  • Parent communication coaching
  • Organizing concerns and priorities
  • Attending meetings when appropriate
  • Helping families understand possible next steps

Our role is not to replace the family’s voice. It's to strengthen it.

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