Based on the innovation and interventions of the Harlem Children - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

• Based on the innovation and interventions of the

Harlem Children Zone.

• All children & youth growing up in “Promise

Neighborhoods” have access to great schools and strong systems of family and community support that will prepare them to attain an excellent education and successfully transition to college and a career.

• Focuses on Cradle-to-College-to-Career Goals

Working in our most distressed communities to significantly improve outcomes of children and youth.

• Focused on achieving results for children and youth

throughout an entire neighborhood;

• Build a continuum of cradle-to-career solutions in the

selected Neighborhood (Support for Families, Education & Careers);

• Integrate programs across agencies for efficiency & efficacy;
• Develop sustainability; and
• Evaluate the overall impact of the strategies in the selected

Promise Neighborhood.

Demonstrates:

• Significant need in the neighborhood the

project serves;

• A strategy to build a continuum of solutions

with strong schools at the center; and,

• The capacity to achieve results.

• Area with the greatest rates of poverty
• Area with high rates of health disparities
• Area with consistently low performing schools
• Area with multiple agencies working for

better outcomes

• Area with active housing revitalization
• Area with faith-based & community
• rganizations engaged with Families

Zip Codes with Highest Poverty Levels indicated in RED

• DOT represents a

single School in the Zip EITC: Earned Income Tax Credit is an indicator in Broward County of Low Income Families

# Students 2012 School Grade FRL % Black % Hispanic Elementary Broward Estates 594 D 95.5% 97.3% 1.0% Dillard 655 C 97.3% 98.5% 1.2% King, Martin Luther 417 D 96.2% 96.9% 1.9% Lauderdale Manors 554 D 98.0% 98.2% 2.8% Marshall, Thurgood 376 C 96.8% 91.5% 6.9% Rock Island 659 D 96.1% 95.1% 1.8% Sunland Park 308 F 99.0% 98.7% 1.0% Westwood Heights 609 D 94.3% 93.3% 4.8% Middle Ashe, Arthur R., Jr. 638 F 95.0% 96.1% 2.0% Dandy, William E. 935 A 92.2% 93.0% 3.0% Parkway* 1237 C 89.5% 86.1% 7.4% High Dillard 1659 PENDING 87.0% 90.4% 33.3% District 258,803 A 59.1% 39.8% 28.6% * Parkway Middle School also houses gifted students in grades 3, 4, and 5

Broward Estates Elementary → Parkway Middle School - 100% → Dillard High School - 100% Dillard Elementary → Arthur R. Ashe Middle School - 100% → Dillard High School - 100% Martin Luther King Elementary → Parkway Middle School - 100% → Dillard High School - 100% Lauderdale Manors Elementary → Arthur R. Ashe Middle School - 87% → Dillard High School - 100% → William Dandy Middle School - 13% Thurgood Marshall Elementary → Arthur R. Ashe Middle School - 84% → Dillard High School - 94% → William Dandy Middle School - 10% → Other Middle School - 6% → Other High School - 6% Rock Island Elementary → Arthur R. Ashe Middle School - 2% → Dillard High School - 2% → William Dandy Middle School - 98% → Other High School - 98% Sunland Park Elementary → Arthur R. Ashe Middle School - 88% → Other High Schools - 100% → Other Middle School - 12% Westwood Heights Elementary → Parkway Middle School - 100% → Other High Schools - 100% Dillard Zone Boundary School Dillard Zone Feeder Schoool Unrelated School

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"The battle for quality education is the social justice cause of our time. If you believe that every child has the right to a quality education, then there is no more important work than providing the right leadership to dramatically transform public education in this country.” Robert W. Runcie The Superintendent supports the Harlem Children’s Zone , “An all-encompassing, all-hands-on-deck anti-poverty effort that is literally saving a generation of children” – President Barack Obama Called "one of the most ambitious social-service experiments of our time" by The New York Times, the Harlem Children's Zone Project is a unique, holistic approach to rebuilding a community so that its children can stay on track through college and go on to the job market. – College Success Office

• 626 HCZ after-school program participants are enrolled in college
• 254 students were accepted into college for the 2010-2011 year, representing 90% of our

high-school seniors.

• This incoming freshman class obtained over $6.4 million in scholarships and grants

– Community Pride

• Community Pride has organized or rejuvenated 39 block associations
• The Community Advisory Board is active with 35 members

To read more about the Harlem Children’s Zone model visit http://www.hcz.org/home

• Comprised of all key stakeholders including:

–Partner organizations –Community leaders –Community residents (including parents)

1. Conduct a comprehensive assessment of selected Community including asset mapping. 2. Develop a plan to deliver a continuum of solutions that address early learning programs, comprehensive education reforms, prepare students for college or careers, and address family and community support systems. 3. Establish effective partnerships to provide solutions, commit resources & replicate what works. 4. Plan, build, adapt, or expand a data system for evaluation.

• Partners vision of neighborhood is aligned

with the Promise Neighborhood strategy

• Partners existing activities align with those of

the Promise Neighborhood strategy

• Programmatic and/or financial commitment

• Flexible Hours of Operation
• Services within the Community
• Desirable/Stable Neighborhood
• Economic Benefits
• Connections to Places of Worship
• Hosting of Community Events
• Increased Neighborhood Safety

Security

• Increased Academic Achievement