Children enter school ready to learn and succeed.
PRIORITIES
- Increase access to affordable, quality preschool.
- Increase parents understanding, confidence and skills
in helping children prepare for school.
- Increase public awareness and support for investing in
early childhood education.
STRATEGIES
- Offer Parent-to-Parent Mentoring
- Provide early childhood programming that prepares children to succeed in school and life
- Increase parent engagement in and understanding of early childhood development
- Extend parenting education to workplace, healthcare providers, neighborhoods, churches, schools
- Ensure children are healthy and safe
Youth complete high school ready for college, career and/or life
PRIORITIES
- Ensure all children are on grade level in reading and
math by third grade.
- Connect students with the support and skills they need
to succeed in school.
- Equip parents and supportive adults to help children be
ready for and succeed in school.
STRATEGIES
- Provide after school programming that develops life
skills, including but not limited to solving, coping, self-care and
communications skills
- Provide youth with knowledge and skills required in the
workplace
- Increase parent and youth engagement in and
understanding of college and career readiness
- Increase youth access to a caring adult role model
- Extend Parenting education (mentors, workshops,
classes) to workplace, neighborhoods, churches, schools
- Ensure youth are healthy and safe
Individual and families are healthier.
PRIORITIES
- Pursue and promote healthy living and lifestyle for children.
- Pursue and promote healthy living and lifestyle for adults.
- Increase access and coordination of affordable healthcare services for all.
STRATEGIES
- Establish place-bases wellness coalitions to educate and motivate healthy choices
- Increase access to healthy food & physical activities
- Increase access to preventive health services
- Increase individuals’ and families’ engagement in and understanding of health
- Improve individuals’ and families’ healthy behavior
- Ensure individuals’ and families’ are safe
Families have adequate income and assets to independently meet their families’ needs.
PRIORITIES
- Decrease barriers to employment and higher education.
- Increase ability to manage personal finances effectively.
- Help people in crisis become self-sufficient.
STRATEGIES
- Support individuals and families in establishing budgeting and banking skills
- Increase access to and coordination between self-sufficiency services and individuals/families
- Connect families and individuals in crisis to housing, food, healthcare and education
- Increase employability of individuals through education of regional skills required for the regional employment opportunities
- Support micro-enterprise training and creation
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