Program News
Binghamton Teens Build Ramp for City Resident
"BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- It's a summer vacation of giving back. A group of Binghamton teens isn't spending their time-off indoors. Instead, they're coming together to improve their community. [...]
An opportunity to make Schenectady a better place
"It was back in the spring that Tyrell Outlaw began taking an interest in the park near his house. He swept broken glass off the basketball court, and [...]
Highlighting Utica’s true strength
"Alexia Vo, a rising senior at Thomas R. Proctor High School, won the annual Give Back to Utica essay contest, earning a paid summer internship at the Utica [...]
Newsletter: Program Summer 2019 Report
The Liberty Partnerships Program (LPP) was established in 1988 under Section 612, Subdivision 6 of the Education Law to address the significant dropout rate among New York’s youth. [...]
JCC’s Liberty Partnerships Program holds camp
"JAMESTOWN — Jamestown Community College’s Liberty Partnerships Program welcomed 22 high school students from Jamestown, Dunkirk, and Salamanca to a camp experience earlier this summer. Participants in the [...]
30 Years of Liberty
In 1988, the then senior Governor Cuomo called upon the state to invest in critical support for youth and address the significant drop out rate by stating, “the [...]
Community Foundation awards almost $1 million to CNY nonprofits
"Utica, N.Y. — The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties awarded more than $225,000 to six nonprofit organizations through its competitive grants process for the first quarter [...]
UC Students Lobby To Save Program Funding (Features YSLPP Alumns Marangely Delgado ’17 & Jasmine Pena ’15)
"A group of Utica College students are going to Lobby Day in Albany on Tuesday to support funding for programs that they say have helped them make it [...]
M&T Bank Fund Awards More than $110,500 to Community Organizations
"M&T Bank/Partners Trust Bank Charitable Fund (MTPT) awarded $110,548 in grants to eight local nonprofits in the fourth quarter of 2018. MTPT, a donor-advised fund of The Community [...]
Local Hackathon A Building Block to Fight Cyberbullying (Featuring YSLPP Grad and Utica College Junior Franklin Nuth)
"UTICA — The building blocks of digital code were taught to area students Saturday at the thINCubator for the region’s first youth hackathon. Known as the AT&T Mohawk [...]
Young Scholars Explore STEAM
"There are still a few weeks before most kids head back to the school halls – but some never really left. Eyewitness News reporter Marlee Tuskes brings us [...]
’14 YSLPP Alum and 2018 University of Rochester graduate Delvin Moody is Featured as a Top Student Activist at U of R
"Meet seven students who are actively working to ensure Rochester maintains a climate of respect where everyone is free to learn, teach, and work. With support from their [...]