EDUCATION
UWM will ensure that by 2025, 85% of 9th graders (approximately 7,900 students) will be on track to success in school and life.
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.
The Challenge
We know that poor school attendance is a leading predictor that student will drop out of high school. Elementary school children who are chronically absent are more likely to repeat a grade and struggle with grade level reading. If a child does not read a t grade level by the end of 3rd grade, he or she is four times more likely to drop out of school.
Strategies
- 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.
2017 Results
9,863
children improved their reading skills.
13,452
students developed essential skills.
52,833
books were delivered to students in Title 1 schools.
Community Care Fund – Education Funded Programs
Academic Supports
Child Saving Institute, Inc.
– School and Family Enrichment (SAFE)
Father Flanagans Boys Home
– South Omaha Schools Collaborative
Greater Omaha Attendance and Learning Services
– GOALS Center
Latino Center of the Midlands
– Learning Community Center of South Omaha
Omaha Home for Boys
– Omaha Home for Boys Residential Care Education Services
Urban League of Nebraska, Inc.
– Truancy Reduction Program (Youth Attendance Navigators)
– Violence Prevention and Youthful Offender Re-entry Program (Community Coaches)
Life Skills
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Midlands.
– Educational Support 2018-20
Completely KIDS
– Maximizing Academic Readiness through a Multigenerational Approach
Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska
– Girl Scouts Spirit of Nebraska – Outreach
Girls Incorporated of Omaha
– The Girls Inc. Experience
Heartland Family Service
– Solomon Girls Center
– The Hope Employment and Learning Academies
Kids Can Community Center
– Out Of School Programs
The Salvation Army-NE
– Club Kroc
– Omaha Metro Corps Recreational Programs
YMCA of Greater Omaha
– Out of School Time
Mentoring
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Midlands
–Community-Based Mentoring for Children Facing Adversity
Partnership 4 Kids
–P4K Middle and High School Group Mentoring Program
Teammates Mentoring Program
–Metro Omaha Match Support and Training
YMCA of Greater Omaha
–Reach & Rise Mentoring
Pre-Literacy
Child Saving Institute, Inc.
– KidSquad
Heartland Family Service
– Ready in 5
Kids Can Community Center
– Early Childhood Education
OneWorld Community Health Centers, Inc.
– Learning Community Center of South Omaha
Partnership 4 Kids
– P4K Pre-K Through Elementary Mentoring Program
YMCA of Greater Omaha
– Early Childhood Education
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