Aligning for Better Results Meagan Darrow, TOGETHER!
TOGETHER! Mission: To advance the health and well-being of all young people. Vision: All young people are supported, healthy, safe and valued. Values: • Equity • Mobilization • Systems Change http://www.communitiesthatcare.net/
Solving today's complex health and Child and family social issues effectively and equitably success takes us is beyond the purview of any one all working agency, organization, or discipline. together Working cross-sectorally represents a key opportunity for communities to create significant, sustainable improvements in health and equity outcomes. -Prevention Institute, 2015
The Community Schools Model Components: Using schools as hubs, community schools bring Health and social support educators, families, and Community Engagement & community partners Development together to offer a range of Family Engagement opportunities, supports, Youth Development and services to children, youth, their families and College, Career and Citizenship communities. Mentoring - Coalition for Community Schools Tutoring
Frameworks for Collaboration – Shared Language and Understanding Other important models: Collective Impact Model Integrated Student Supports Risk and Protective Factors Public Health Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS)
What does it look like? ACTIONS ORGANIZING PRINCIPLES Shared vision and goal Integrated into District Plan 20% case management Actionable Data 80% service coordination Aligned community services Community Schools Managers within school
Vision – Goals - Measurements SHORT TERM MEASURES LONG TERM IMPACT • Daily class attendance Close the opportunity gap to • Discipline referrals ensure all Tumwater students • Number of students identified “at - risk” graduate on-time and attain • 3 rd grade SBAC post-secondary credential. • 9 th grade failure • Healthy Youth Survey measures • Project outputs * All evaluated by special population
Tumwater Community Schools Offerings One-on-one Case Management for Students Systems Coordination & Partnerships • Full-time staff placed in school – works full • Community Schools Advisory Team year, through holidays and summer – co-hired • Leverage partnerships with other non-profits, • Works with Student Support Teams to identify organizations, businesses, service groups, students and interventions faith-based groups and individuals to meet needs of student and families • Serves high-needs tier 2 & 3 students and • Aligns partners and programs to better meet families with wrap-around services mutual goals • Check & Connect, student needs assessment, • Uses Multi-Tiered System of Supports to map Community Resource Center, attendance work, college & career and align partners • Works in tandem with school district’s other • Leverage resources like grants and in-kind student support services support – reporting and tracking
Accomplishments TSD 2014-2017 • 7 Community Resource Centers • Free physical and immunization created clinics – serving 200 + students each year • In fall 2014, 15.8% of the TSD • 74% of school staff surveyed report Middle and High School student bodies were identified as intensive they have more resources for or strategic need. In May 2016 that students (2017) percent decreased to 9.8%. • Expanded summer opportunities • 75% of classes showed an increase through partnership in students with passing grades in the 2015-16 school year compared to 2014-15
Sample Braided Funding Model - TSD TOGETHER! $10,000 2016-17 COMMUNITY SCHOOLS FUNDING Title 1 D, $10,000 , 6% Tumwater School District $80,000 TOGETHER!, $10,000.00 , 6% Tumwater Rotary $7,500 Fed Mckinney Vento, Federal McKinney Vento Grant $17,000 $17,000.00 , 11% TSD, $80,000.00 , Title 1 D $10,000 51% Community Investment Partnership $34,000 CIP, $34,000.00 , 21% TOTAL $158,500 Tumwater Rotary, $7,500.00 , 5%
2017-18 Plans • Possible leveraging of $100,000-$200,000 of support • Integration and expansion of extended day programming with partners • Mentoring – Elementary School students & 9 th graders • Mobile Community Resource Center • Implementation of a universal needs assessment
Questions – Comments – Ideas Meagan Darrow, MPA, CHES, CPP Deputy Director TOGETHER! Mdarrow@ThurstonTOGETHER.org 360.493.2230 ext. 103 For more information: National Center for Community Schools - http://www.nccs.org/ Coalition for Community Schools – www.communityschools.org Tumwater Community Schools – https://watogether.org/What-We-Do/Community-Schools
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