Social and Support Services for Educational Success SUN Coordinating Council March 1, 2013 Introduction to Services in the SUN SSD Review key elements with you A beginning conversation and Q&A What questions do you have about this service area? What areas would you want re-considered and/or discussed in a community planning process?

Social & Support Services for Educational Success SSSES provides case management services for youth age 6-17 to promote academic and life success Services include: One-on-one interactions Case plan & goals development, support and tracking Skill building groups Referral and connect youth to other services No eligibility criteria, however the program focuses on students who are struggling academically – for whatever reason

SSSES Funding Annual funding $2,153,426 (pass through only) 83% County General Fund 17% Federal Youth Investment (via CCFC) Allocation methodology Regional service: Base amount $50,000/yr per region Culturally specific: Allocation based on % of total funding as recommended by the Coalition of Communities of Color

Contractors Contracted to Regional and Culturally Specific providers 7 different contractors through SUN provide SSSES services Region 1: Neighborhood House African American: Self Enhancement, Inc Region 2: Self Enhancement, Inc African Immigrant: IRCO Region 3: Native American Youth & Family Ctr Asian/Pacific Islander: Region 4: Impact NW Latino: Catholic Charities/EPH Region 5: Metropolitan Family Service Native American: Native American Youth & Family Ctr Region 6: Slavic:

Referral Sources School staff: counselors, teachers, other school personnel, SUN site managers Word of mouth from students & families Relationships built through school events & other partnership tables

Delivery Sites SSSES offers services in the community and at schools. Some examples include: Roosevelt HS SEI Center Hosford MS Fir Ridge Alternative School Helensview Franklin HS Africa House Portland Youth Builders Chavez K-8 LynchWood ES HB Lee MS Centennial MS NAYA Family Center Prescott ES These are samples

Staff Support & Alignment Bi-monthly convening of SSSES case managers for networking, training and systems building Coordinate system-wide trainings – for example, Motivational Interviewing, case management practices, and Restorative Justice strategies Key partner in 9th Grade Counts since its inception Partnering in the Communities Supporting Youth collaborative

Outputs & Outcomes 1,928 youth participated in service in 2011-12; 96% identified as students of color 82% of youth received Free and/or Reduced Lunch Average age of participants was 11.8 years 76% of the 9th grade students were identified as academic priority Average attendance for participants was 88.8% Students set case management goals in one or more of 7 areas; 90% of students either “partially” or “fully” met their identified goal area. Just a sample of some of the data from the Program You have handout with a wide variety of data points from the past year Over recent years we have focused on encouraging providers to enroll children younger & longer b/c of research connect Have emphasized making a referral to HS and tracking whether families ge tin Focus on assisting families to get connected to their child’s school, when 5

Questions & Conversation What questions do you have? PCDS in particular: Are services the right ones? Are we targeting the right families? Should we keep the PAT model How do we continue to strengthen kindergarten readiness