Bradley University has received a grant award of $300,000 over two years from the Illinois Children’s Healthcare Foundation to aid three schools in Peoria School District 150.

Bradley, in collaboration with District 150, will use the funds to hire personnel to assist with the implementation of the full service community schools model at Manual Academy, Harrison Community Learning Center and Trewyn K-8 School, as well as develop the Mobile Parent Resource Center. The staff will coordinate programs and services during non-academic hours, build relationships with students, teachers, administration, parents, neighborhood residents and the larger community, and reach out to the community to meet the needs of students and families at the designated schools.

Bradley, its College of Education and Health Sciences and the Institute for Principled Leadership in Public Service were appointed Lead Agency for Peoria’s Full Service Community Schools Initiative in 2010 by the Peoria School District 150 School Board.