Community-Based Re-Engagement Resource Guide ITP
Alignment Nashville 16-24 Year Old, Out Of School, Out Of Work Alignment Team
Community-Based Re-Engagement Coaching: Tactic I of 3
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A-Team Vision: Address the estimated 10,000 young adult ages 16-24 year olds who have left secondary education without a diploma and are not employed through a Reengagement Coaching program. The goal of the program is to mentor coach these young adults to motivate their reengagement in education and/or career efforts that will support their future self-sufficiency.
The Need: There are approximately 10,000 young adults between the ages of 16-24 without a high school diploma in Nashville according to the 2010 U.S. census and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce's Community Needs Assessment for Adult Literacy. Alignment Nashville's 16-24 Out of School, Out of Work A-Team members share the belief that without a strategic, sustainable, community-wide effort to re-engage these young people, they will not make the transition to productive, self-sufficient adults.
Impact of Not Addressing the Need: Poverty and dropouts are inextricably connected in the three primary settings affecting healthy child and adolescent development: families, schools and communities.
Dropouts face extremely bleak economic and social prospects. Compared to high school graduates, dropouts are more likely to (Rumberger, 2011):
- Be unable to find a job and earn a living wage
- Live in poverty
- Suffer from a variety of adverse health outcomes
- Rely on public assistance
- Engage in crime
The latest report from the National League of Cities estimates that on average, and compared to other youth, each unemployed dropout is an immediate taxpayer burden of $13,900 per year and immediate social burden of $37,450 per year (in 2011 dollars). What does that mean to Nashville? The city will continue to experience a shortfall of millions of dollars that could fund taxpayer services and municipal growth, which instead are redirected to sustain these 10,000 non-diploma-ed and unemployed young adults.
THREE TACTICS TO MEET THE NEED
The Alignment Nashville (AN) 16-24 Out of School, Out of Work A-Team is developing a community-based coaching model for re-engagement. This is a ground-breaking strategy using a targeted method of re-engagement mentor coaching that will include individualized goal planning and resource toolkits to promote ties between service providers and clients. A-Team members come from a variety of education and career focused agencies across Davidson County. It is their desire that this project will strengthen interagency collaboration to produce change in the lives of the 16-24-year-olds and the community. There are 3 main tactics involved with this key strategy.
Tactic I: Develop a Resource / Tool Kit that identifies community agencies that can respond to the barriers and needs identified by the target population in a recently completed survey (Addressed in thisITP)
Tactic II: Develop a Train-the-Trainer community-based coaching model (Addressed in future ITPs)
Tactic III: Engage community organizations (business, government and non-profit, etc) to sponsor existing staff members for training in Community-Based Re-Engagement Coaching
The Committee focus is broad in order to encompass the full spectrum of re-engagement – including English language acquisition, literacy, Adult Basic Education, secondary credential, and post-secondary education and employment – to better serve the 16-24 population. (Addressed in future ITPs)
Target Population: Young adults between the ages of 16-24 who are out of school (without a high school diploma) and out of work.
Tactic I: Develop a Resource / Toolkit identifying community agencies that respond to the barriers and needs identified in a recently completed survey by the target population. (See Services Needed from the Community)
SHORT-TERM OUTCOME
- Develop a targeted Resource Guide listing community providers of Education, Health, and Social Services relevant to the barriers and needs of the target population
INTERMEDIATE OUTCOMES (Addressed in Tactics II and III)
- Incorporate this Guide into the training program for Community-based Reengagement Coaches
- When used in training, the guide will increase by 30% Coaches' knowledge of community resources for this target group
- Reengagement coaches will increase their contact with agencies previously unknown by an average of 20% to serve coaching clients
- Reengagement coaches will increase by an average of 10% their personal inter-agency working relationships as a result of using the Guide during client coaching
LONG-TERM OUTCOMES (Addressed in Tactic III)
· College Readiness (Post-Secondary)
· Career Readiness
· Graduation Rate
· Community Prosperity
Resources and programs available to young adults ages 16-24, especially in areas of greatest need as identified by the target group in the 16-24 survey. These resources would be included in the Community-Based Re-Engagement Coaching Resource Guide and Toolkit. This comprehensive toolkit will be a reference guide to complement and support Re-Engagement Coach training and on-site use as a resource when developing career and/or education plans with the young adult. Samples of the resources identified through the survey include, but are not limited to:
Career Planning Resources
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Part Time Work Options
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Employment Opportunity for those with High School Equivalent Diploma
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Job Skills
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Internships
Child Care Resources
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Accessible Child Care
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Childcare – Department of Human Services
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Custody
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Parenting
Counseling Resources
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Counseling
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Therapy
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High School Mentors
Housing Resources
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Housing Assistance
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Homeless/Living Condition
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MDHA – Private, Section 8, Urban Housing
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Homeless Resources
Transportation Resources
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MTA – Rates, Routes, Schedules
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Programs that Offer Transportation
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Other options
Social Services Resources
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Navigating Department of Children Services
Refugee and Immigrant Support Services
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ELL
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Recertification and Degree for EL
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Citizenship
Financial Resources
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Financial Coaching/Empowerment
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Banking Basics
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Credit Counseling
Food Resources
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Food Assistance
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Food Banks
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Nutrition
Health Resource
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Medical
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Dental
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Mental
Education
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Preparation for high school equivalency diploma
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Post-secondary pathways
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Basic literacy
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English (ELL)
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Adult Basic Education
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Vocational
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Online
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Work readiness
Disability Resources
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Learning Disabilities & Testing
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ADD & ADHD
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Vision
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Hearing
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Access
Tools for Success
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Time Management
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Studying/Prioritizing
THIS ITP HAS EXPIRED
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- If you have any questions about the event or ITP proposal process, please contact Glen L. Biggs, Associate Director – Alignment Nashville, at 615.823.8038 or glen@alignmentnashville.org
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