COMMUNITY AWARENESS & REGIONAL COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE INPUTS ACTIVITIES OBJECTIVES OUTPUTS Increase regional and ReMix and other Multimedia promotions Increased level of local community websites Op-Ed Pieces awareness and utilization awareness of early Social media Develop speaker “talking of regional resources. school chronic Traditional media points.” absenteeism and School- Speakers Bureau Develop PowerPoint to-Prison pipeline issues Agency newsletter materials and challenges. Professional journals Periodic formative Legislative briefings reports, summative annual and final reports. Create and sustain a Genesee and Saginaw Establish administrative Regional strategy comprehensive regional Counties Coalition(s) for structure. developed. “community of practice” Disconnected Youth Service providers in to measurably reduce (addendum ___). Establish common vision, region committed to and early school measurable goals and supportive of initiative. truancy/chronic Regional Advisory Group objectives. Interagency absenteeism and (addendum ____). collaboration at the interrupt the school to Develop common system level. prison pipeline. language and definitions. Collaboration among regional systems institutionalized. Establish agreements Increased regional inter- with participating organizational partners. collaboration and communication. Define budget and Alignment of regional technology needs . programs and services. Cross-system resources maximized. Improved use of regional and local resources. Planning and implementation responsive to regional needs and assets.
QUANTIFY EXTENT OF REGIONAL TRUANCY/CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM & REVIEW SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION INPUTS ACTIVITIES OBJECTIVES OUTPUTS Quantify the extent of State of Michigan Document five-year early school Department of Education history of early school truancy/chronic Genesee Intermediate truancy/chronic absenteeism in Genesee School District. absenteeism. and Saginaw counties. Johnson Center at Grand Valley State University Community Research Institute. University of Michigan- Flint Research Department. Saginaw Valley State University Research Department. Genesee County Attendant Court. Genesee ISD Attendance Task Force. Review absence, Saginaw County Collect district-by-district Existing policies and suspension and expulsion Disproportionate Board of Education Code practices identified. policies and practices in Minority youth of Conduct handbooks all Genesee and Saginaw Representation in the and other policy and county school districts. Juvenile Justice System. practice documents.
STANDARD SCHOOL DISCIPLINE POLICY INPUTS ACTIVITIES OBJECTIVES OUTPUTS Development of a School Board of Broward Form Discipline Policy Reduction in student standard school County (Florida) Workgroup. suspensions, expulsions discipline policy for Collaborative Agreement Review Broward County and arrests while adoption by all regional on School Discipline and and other school maintaining safe learning Boards of Education. other research-driven discipline policies. environments for models. Prepare document for students. adoption by all regional The role of school school districts. officials in determining Present document to when student infractions district Superintendents warrant an arrest versus and Boards of Education school disciplinary for adoption. measures is established. Alternatives to arrest for misdemeanor infractions by students are institutionalized. Misbehaving students given a second chance and spared the stigma that comes with a criminal record. Disruption of school-to- prison pipeline.
AT-RISK YOUTH AND FAMILY SUPPORT INPUTS ACTIVITIES OBJECTIVES OUTPUTS Provide early school DHS Pathways to Form Holistic Support At-risk youth and families truant/chronically absent Potential. Workgroup. have a unified and students and families a Genesee County Research local, state, and supportive experience. continuum of holistic Resource Center. national programs and At-risk youth and family supports, including Saginaw One-Stop models, including are meaningfully academic, behavioral, Center. Community Schools to involved throughout health, transportation, Regional Juvenile Justice extract elements with process. and shelter components. systems. local and regional Programming reflects Community Partners. application. best practices in youth Saginaw Community Engage youth and development. Mental Health System of families in the planning Increased local and Care. stage. regional capacity to meet Community Schools. Identify challenges and students’ and families’ Michigan’s Children. propose needs. recommendations to A responsive holistic Advisory Group. system of care developed in collaboration with youth and families.
REGIONAL DATA SYSTEM INPUTS ACTIVITIES OBJECTIVES OUTPUTS Build a common regional Genesee ISD. Form data Workgroup. Accessible regional cross- data collection system Saginaw ISD. system data. Identify key and clearing house. Existing systems. Local and regional stakeholders, Various vendors. planning and evaluation management roles and tool. responsibilities, Policies on regional data institutional capacity and resources. access and data security. Cooperative funding Formulate regional and strategies to support local management plans. creation and Select indicators and dissemination of data variables, specific data sets, mechanisms for requirements and coordination and identify common data communication. needs. Agreed-upon guidelines Review existing data and and standards. identify gaps. Local data systems Agree on data collection leveraged. and sharing strategy. Identify data and information sharing pathways and media. Design data recording and management systems. Implement, evaluate and refine system.
REGIONAL RESOURCE DIRECTORY INPUTS ACTIVITIES OBJECTIVES OUTPUTS Produce regional Resource Genesee. Form Resources At-risk youth and families resource directories ReMix website. Workgroup. aware of existing listing agencies and Map local and regional resources and services programs providing resources. and how to access them. services to youth at-risk Utilize ReMix website as Increase information of exposure to School-to- foundation for regional sharing and Prison Pipeline and/or application. communication among truancy/chronic Determine management partners. absenteeism and their and operational needs. Better access and families. Develop sustainable servicing of at-risk youth budget. and their families’ needs. Increased partner awareness and utilization of each other’s programs and services.
EARLY INTERVENTION INPUTS ACTIVITIES OBJECTIVES OUTPUTS Provide early Michigan State Police. Improved understanding Form Intervention 10 th and 7 th Circuit Family intervention support to Workgroup. of connection between at-risk youth and their Courts. education to quality of Establish “early warning” families. Local school districts. system. life and career goals. Saginaw YMCA. Participation by youth-at- Develop quarterly Parent Local and regional youth risk of truancy and Forums content and and family serving chronic absenteeism and format. agencies. their families in Recruit partner Parents of Hope engagement activities. participants. (Saginaw). Improvement in at-risk Develop awareness youth school attendance. campaign and materials. Identify budget needs and resources.
MENTOR CORPS, ANONYMOUS STUDENT TIP LINE & YOUTH INVOLVEMENT INPUTS ACTIVITIES OBJECTIVES OUTPUTS Build a volunteer parent- Parents of Hope Recruit participants Parent-to-parent to-parent mentor corps (Saginaw) Deliver training. mentoring and support. to work with parents of Increase parental truant and chronically knowledge of how to absent youth. become involved in the education of their children. Parents become a positive role model. Parents assist their youth to reach his/her maximum potential. Institute a confidential Students empowered to Develop and implement Crimestoppers of create a safe and secure elementary school an anonymous tip Michigan ( Project Safe environment in and program for elementary process to reduce Campus) around their schools. schools. elements leading to Youth encouraged to truancy and chronic have a voice and be part absenteeism. of the solution. Young people taught the importance of social responsibility. Students educated about the importance of safety and security at school, while engaging them in activities that help create a culture of safety. Programming reflects Involve youth in planning Department of Human Outreach to at-risk best practices and youth and decision making. youth. Services (Saginaw and development. Genesee). Job corps. ReMix Genesee.
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