reducing chronic absenteeism through neighborhood engagement
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LINC Community RevitalizationTRANSCRIPT
Monica testimonial (2m35s)
What are the barriers to academic success?
What are the causes of absenteeism?
PEOPLE ARE THE HEART OF HEALTHY COMMUNITIES.
People.
People
Places LINCages
Economic Development Business incubation Cowork space Job creation/ retention Access to capital Commercial space Trainings
Commercial and residential property rehabilitation Quality homes for sale or rent Affordable housing development Construction training
Real Estate Development
Workforce development Financial education and coaching Public benefits access Homebuyer education Foreclosure prevention
Neighborhood Services Community engagement Leadership development Capacity building Neighborhood news bureau Civic engagement Educational engagement
Resident Services
C o n n e c t i n g p e o p l e t o o p p o r t u n i t y
The holistic approach.
Community
engagement
Economic
development
Asset
building
Personal
coaching
Affordable
housing
Education
Leadership
development
Place making
activities
Health &
Wellness
Baby Scholars
Strategic alignment of
vacant GRPS buildings
for use as Early
Childhood Centers
Parent Capacity and Asset Building.
Children Savings Accounts.
Community and Parental Engagement.
Increasing literacy
through partnership
with United Way
Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative
LINC Opportunity Center
CFED Amway Foundation
United Way
Believe 2 Become
Increasing entrepreneurial
development through
partnership with Amway
Foundation
Connecting for collective impact.
… and it works for Academic Achievement too
Community
engagement
Economic
development
Asset
building
Personal
coaching
Affordable
housing
Education
Leadership
development
Place making
activities
Health &
Wellness
Academic Achievement
but many
Absenteeism is not the result of one factor
but many
LINCing Best Practices to combat absenteeism
Academic
Achievement
Example of how it works
LINC
Neighborhood
Engagement
GRPS
ELNC
DHS
Place.
Illiteracy
unstable housing
poor transport
lack of safe paths to school
blight
economically depressed neighborhoods
“When a large percentage of children are
affected by chronic early absence, it is likely
indicative of systemic issues related to
schools or communities.”
- Chang, “Present, Engaged, and Accounted For”
Hedy Chang, “Reducing the Gap in Achievement & Graduation: Start With Monitoring Chronic Absence” 9/12
Barriers
LINCing PLACE.
• Development of quality housing (mixed use,
affordable housing, quality rental)
• Creation of safe paths to school (corridor
development, street beautification)
• Blight elimination (grants to eliminate blight,
commercial development, neighborhood
enhancements like parks)
• Holistic community revitalization (place-based
strategy)
People.
Illiteracy
unstable housing
lack of programming
lack of safe paths to school
chaotic schools
poverty Hedy Chang, “Reducing the Gap in Achievement & Graduation: Start With Monitoring Chronic Absence” 9/12
Barriers
“Improving student attendance at school
requires a holistic approach that
addresses school and classroom factors,
as well as factors outside of school.”
—Sheldon & Epstein, “Getting students to school”
LINCing PEOPLE.
• Parent engagement = increased involvement (B2B,
parent groups, leadership training through L.A.S.T.,
LOC coaching)
• Increase programming for students (parent
engagement, recruiting to programs like Baby
Scholars, action groups)
• Create safe environments & paths to school (Stop
the Violence, community engagement, partnerships,
WATCH Dogs & parent volunteers)
• Lift families out of poverty (personal coaching
through the LOC)
• Address housing issues (foreclosure counseling,
quality affordable housing & rental development)
Stop the Violence pledge (30s)
Partnerships.
Illiteracy
“Results indicate that school, family, and
community partnership practices can significantly
decrease chronic absenteeism, even after school
level and prior rates of absenteeism are taken
into account.” —Sheldon, Epstein, “Getting students to school”
isolation
lack of authentic engagement
lack of investment (time, $) in the
community
poverty
other systemic issues
Barriers
Social change is transformational,
not transactional.
• Connect communities to opportunity & resources
• Lift the community voice through authentic engagement
• Use a holistic approach
• Measure and track results over time
• Maximize partnerships
LINCages.
Real impact.
More than 200 parent involved in schools
Average 48.1% saturation rate in each zone
Hope Zone schools and students participating in
attendance challenge
Measurable increase in monthly perfect
attendance
LOCAL. STATE. NATIONAL.
Many local organizations…
LOCAL. STATE. NATIONAL.
Connecting for Collective Impact
Revitalization
Financial
Counseling
Access to
Public
Benefits
Co
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ity B
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ing
Capacity Building
Community
Organizing
Lead
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Business Incubation
Career Training
S.E.C.A.
Azizi video (TBD)