MVCET receives “Non-Profit of the Year” Award from SCORE

This October, the SCORE Cape & Islands Small Business Awards selected Martha’s Vineyard Center for Education & Training (MVCET, formerly ACE MV) as Non-Profit of the Year!

This recognition is for a nonprofit on the Cape & Islands that demonstrates the use of sound business principles in the execution of its mission.

SCORE’s 29th annual Awards Breakfast was held Wednesday, October 26 at Family Table Collaborative South Yarmouth, and the award was accepted by MVCET Executive Director Holly Bellebuono.

Watch SCORE’s video about MVCET

2022-11-14T17:29:38-05:00November 14th, 2022|Events, In the News, News, Top News|

ACE MV Board Director Spotlight: Kim Garrison’s work profiled in Vineyard Gazette

This week, the Vineyard Gazette featured ACE MV Board Director Kim Garrison and her work to improve student mental health.

“There’s a lot of challenges for many of our families,” she told the Gazette. “Substance use. Housing is a huge crisis. The pandemic. … We’re officially in a youth mental health crisis.”

Read the article

2022-02-04T15:58:21-05:00February 4th, 2022|Board Director Spotlight, In the News|

ACE MV Wins Workforce Training Grants

Reprinted from The Vineyard Gazette Jan 5 2022:

ACE MV (Adult and Continuing Education of Martha’s Vineyard) has been awarded four new grants to support education and training for Island workers and youths, according to an announcement from the organization this week.

Grants from the MV Bank Charitable Foundation and the MV Community Foundation will fund ACE MV’s Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Program. The bank’s charitable oundation also provided funding for an additional Medical Interpreter Course, to train bilingual Vineyard residents in ethical and effective interpreter services for hospital, clinic and Covid site language needs. These grants will significantly lower the cost of tuition for each student who enrolls, according to the announcement.

A grant from the Couch Family Foundation will support ACE MV’s Youth Workforce & Career Pathways programming for the Island’s high school youth and young adults. And with a grant from Santander Bank Foundation, ACE MV will continue working closely with the high school, the charter school and young adults up to age 26 to provide free workshops and learning opportunities, especially in financial literacy and career readiness.

2022-02-04T16:18:19-05:00January 7th, 2022|In the News, News, Top News|

Rural Scholars findings featured in Vineyard Gazette

Rural Scholars Find Limited Options for Island Young Adults

In past years, Rural Scholars teams have examined Islandwide health issues including homelessness, aging, reproductive health care and substance use disorders.

This time, at the request of community education provider ACE MV, the future health care providers focused on conditions for Islanders aged 16 to 26 who may be disconnected from the larger Vineyard community.

“The young adult population is one of the least served on Martha’s Vineyard,” ACE MV executive director Holly Bellebuono said, as she introduced the UMass team to about 40 people who turned out for Monday’s presentation in the regional high school library.

Read on…

2022-02-28T22:36:26-05:00November 15th, 2021|In the News, News|