{"id":480445,"date":"2025-12-30T16:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T16:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/480445\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T16:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T16:54:12","slug":"texas-womens-foundation-grants-500k-to-dallas-college-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/480445\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Women\u2019s Foundation grants $500K to Dallas College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Back-l-to-r-Cris-Zertuche-Wong-Dr.-Carlos-Cruz-Dr.-Madeline-Burillo-Hopkins-front-l-to-r-Ann-Margoli.jpeg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88811\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Back-l-to-r-Cris-Zertuche-Wong-Dr.-Carlos-Cruz-Dr.-Madeline-Burillo-Hopkins-front-l-to-r-Ann-Margoli.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1278\" height=\"906\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-88811\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karen Hughes-White, Cris Zertuche Wong, Ann Margolin, Josh Skolnick, Dr. Madeline Burillo-Hopkins, Dr. Catalina Garcia and Dr. Carlos Cruz.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile\/100064673084581\/search\/?q=dallas%20college&amp;locale=es_ES\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Texas Women\u2019s Foundation<\/a> announced a major investment in education and workforce development last month with their $500,000 gift to the Dallas College Foundation. The grant will support programs including Dallas Promise, Family Care and Finish &amp; Fly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/enroll.utdallas.edu\/pathway-programs\/dallas-county-promise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dallas Promise<\/a> provides free tuition to area high school students. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallascollege.edu\/resources\/student-care-network\/child-care\/family-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Family Care Program<\/a> offers childcare and family support classes focused on parenting, nutrition and financial literacy to students who are parents or expectant parents. Finish &amp; Fly helps students overcome barriers to degree completion, including transfer options, financial aid and flexible learning options, including online coursework. Dallas College is one of the largest colleges in the nation, serving more than 130,000 students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDallas College is offering innovative pathways for women and families to achieve economic security, stability and success with a full slate of wrap-around support services that make these pathways both affordable and achievable,\u201d said Karen Hughes White, Texas Women\u2019s Foundation president and CEO. \u201cIt is only fitting that Dallas College has received Texas Women\u2019s Foundation\u2019s largest-ever educational grant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis grant will help thousands of students achieve a life-changing credential, leading them to a rewarding career in Dallas\u2019 top industries,\u201d said Josh Skolnick, executive director of the Dallas College Foundation. \u201cThe supported programs, including the Dallas College Promise Scholarship, have already helped over 26,000 students pursue their dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.txwf.co\/donate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">donate to the Texas Women\u2019s Foundation here<\/a>. You may give to the <a href=\"https:\/\/foundation.dallascollege.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dallas College Foundation here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Photo-courtesy-of-Dallas-College.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88812\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88812\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Photo-courtesy-of-Dallas-College.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1606\" height=\"1091\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-88812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of Dallas College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Karen Hughes-White, Cris Zertuche Wong, Ann Margolin, Josh Skolnick, Dr. Madeline Burillo-Hopkins, Dr. Catalina Garcia and Dr. Carlos&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":480446,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-480445","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-texas","11":"tag-tx","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}