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First Coast Connect

8/4/2017: Media Roundtable; Stronger Than Stigma; 'Godspell'

Kevin Meerschaert

Today on “First Coast Connect,” our weekly Media Roundtable included Tessa Duval, reporter for the Florida Times-Union; blogger Fred Matthews, WJCT…

First Coast

Kids’ Services Would Be Streamlined Under Plan Combining Jax Journey, Children’s Commission

Ryan Benk

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry Wednesday announced his plan to consolidate the city’s two major child-welfare programs and focus on those most in…

First Coast

Jacksonville Mayor Announces After-School Program Expansion

Ryan Benk

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry is working with City Council President Anna Brosche to expand the city’s after-school program, he announced Monday.Under…

Community

City Council Approves $541,000, More Kids Can Go To Camp

Lindsey Kilbride

More than a 1,000 Duval County kids will be able to go to camp this summer thanks to $541,000 the Jacksonville City Council approved Tuesday.To celebrate,…

Community

Vitti: Summer Programs Need More Funding To Keep Students Out Of Gangs

This Friday, school’s out this summer for more than 125,000 students in Duval County Public Schools.But Superintendent Nikolai Vitti says Jacksonville…

First Coast Connect

04/16/15: Darkness To Light Coalition; Parkinson's Symposium; 5 & Dime Theatre; Kerry Speckman

Sean Birch

As the nation marks Child Abuse Prevention Month, several Northeast Florida organizations, including the YMCA, the Monique Burr Foundation, the…

Education

Jax Afterschool Meals Program Begins Monday

Rhema Thompson

The Jacksonville Children’s Commission is once again partnering with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Florida Department of Health to offer kids…