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Foundation Of Community Assistance LP'rship
All participants will receive a minimum of four (4) hours counseling sessions per school year. At least
seventy-five percent of the participants will achieve and maintain an eighty-five percent (85%) school
attendance rate within 90 days of program enrollment and reduce disciplinary actions (suspensions,
act) by fifty percent (50%). All students needing additional social services, self-sufficiency
improvement programs or academic support will be followed or referred appropriately.
The programs' effectiveness will be determined by participant's grads, school attendance conduct
record, FCAT performance, grade promotion and graduation. The most important measure of
program effectiveness will be whether participants have avoided becoming or continuing to be a
juvenile delinquent.
Our goal is to assist each participant in improving their scholastic performances and skills by
providing the necessary tools and support in conjunction with their fcmtily and teachers. We believe
that knowledge and achievement are the best deterrent to crime. The program will reduce
involvement in crime by increasing participants' academic abilities, self esteem, and opportunities
for success, positive role models, self expression, personal growth and values clarification. Our
overall goal is to help at risk youth improve their academic and life skills. Our vision is to maximize
resources by allowing the community to have access to tutors, computers and services that are not
otherwise available in a comfortable familiar environment. We provide the academic support and
motivation that many of the participants do not receive at home.
The program increases reading, writing, math and computer skills through tutoring. It will increase
self-esteem through the use of culture and history to help develop a clear and positive racial identity.
The objective related to the academics is the development and achievement of reading, writing, math
and technology skills for each participant equivalent to their grade level and age group.
The research basis for the program strategies is from the DPR, Inc. Risk and Resource Assessment
and we anticipate a minimum of 40% improvement by applying the strategies listed in
the DPR. at least one activity of an interactive nature (recreational, educational or social) designed to
Promote socialization and maintain identification with veer group will be offered to program
participants on a daily basis either by FOCAL or the Parks Department.
The outcomes for the program will be one hundred and eighteen students actively participating in the
program and attending four hours of tutoring per week. All participants shall receive a minimum of
four (4) hours counseling sessions per school year. At least seventy-five percent of the participants
will achieve and maintain an eighty-five percent (85%) school attendance rate within 90 days of
program enrollment and reduce disciplinary actions (suspensions, act) by fifty percent (50%). All
students needing additional social services, self-sufficiency improvement programs or academic
support will be followed or referred appropriately. The programs effectiveness will be determined by
participant's gads, school attendance conduct record, FCAT performance, grade promotion and
graduation. The most important measure of program effectiveness will be whether participants have
avoided becoming or continuing to be a juvenile delinquent.
In addition an annual report to the community including the parents/guardians of the youth
participants.
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