To break the cycle of poverty across our community through investments in wrap around supports that ensure children come to school prepared to learn the academic and key life skills needed to succeed.

Goals:

1. Improve pre-literacy skills and grade level reading for 7,000 youth.

2. Provide prevention and intervention supports to reduce chronic absenteeism for 2,000 students.

• Provide resources and supports to families that strengthen interactions and promote early literacy learning in the home environment.
• Adults read to and with children.
• Improve access to the quality of early care and education environments for children living in poverty.
• Facilitate and coordinate activities that reduce summer learning loss.
• Engage students and parent/caregivers in the development of plan for improved attendance.
• Provide a continuum of supports and resources to address student attendance barriers.
• Monitor attendance data and practice to inform student progress of reduced absenteeism.
• Provide quality and engaging out –of-school time opportunities that reinforce and enhance academic and social emotional learning.
• Incorporate activities that complement school curriculum to increase student achievement and keep students on track to graduate.
• Provide caring, adult mentors for academic enrichment, interest-based activities and career readiness.
• Support mentoring relationship throughout to match to ensure sustained relationships.