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Alabama Communities for Education (ACE)

A young person drops out of school every twenty-six seconds totaling more than one million students each year.  A student’s decision to drop out of school affects us all.  High school dropouts are more likely to be unemployed, earn lower wages, have high rates of public assistance, and are more likely to be single parents and have children at a younger age.  Last year in Alabama 5,447 high school students dropped out.

In an effort to help keep students in school, the Governor’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives is partnering with the Alabama State Department of Education to find solutions to this growing problem.  The GFBCI developed Alabama Communities for Education (ACE) to assist schools in providing wraparound support to at-risk students.  ACE helps facilitate relationships between schools and faith-based/ community-based organizations.  These organizations provide the added support that at-risk students need.