Coatesville Youth Intiaitive goals, role in the community, and how you can get involved!

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2. 2 Why Are We Here?

4. Our role in the community,

5. The purpose of the organization

7. 5 CYI Four Primary Goals #1 To foster trust, cooperation and collaboration among community stakeholders residing in or serving the Greater Coatesville area around a mutually agreed-upon vision, goals and objectives that support youth and young adults.

8. 6 CYI Four Primary Goals #2 To increase networking and communication among all youth and young adult services planning and delivery entities.

9. 7 CYI Four Primary Goals #3 To increase the coordination and utilization of youth and young adults resources.

10. 8 CYI Four Primary Goals #4 To build a continuum of resources that serve youth and young adults in a comprehensive manner.

12. Get people thinking about collaboration - how

14. Get people thinking about collaboration - how

16. Connect people to community resources and information to meet the needs of their clients

18. Provide youth opportunities to develop

19. Leaderships skills

20. Life skills: responsibility, dependability, self-motivation, self-reliance, decision making, and a sense of personal control

21. 21st Century Skills: time management; oral and written communication; solving, gathering and analyzing information; team work, public speaking

23. 15 Pathways Beyond High School WG Description: The Pathways Beyond High School working group ensures students and their families have access to the information they need to effectively matriculate through the CASD and get to high school graduation with a plan. A special focus is placed on students not currently utilizing and/or attending the events provided by the CASD (i.e. Higher Education Night, 8th/9th grade Course Selection Night, Open House, FASFA Night, PHEAA Night, Back to School Nights).

24. 16 Pathways Beyond High School WG Strategies and Goals: Provide youth and their caregivers access to the resources and information needed to make informed decisions for future success. Create opportunities for youth and young adults to identify career interests, establish personal goals, and begin preparing for future success ( i.e. local career and college fairs, workshops on preparing for your future, career and skill assessment opportunities). Involve parents, building on evidence that parent connectedness to schools impacts adolescent health and risk-taking behaviors, perhaps by organizing family nights at middle schools (i.e. family night out, parent forums, family expo, workshops).

25. 17 Pathways Beyond High School WG Objectives: Objective 1: Increase awareness of post-secondary educational opportunities including but not limited to 2 year, 4 year, vocational training, and work readiness programs Objective 2: Increase knowledge of personal career aspirations to assist in making informed decisions when planning for life beyond high school

26. 18 Pathways Beyond High School WG Objectives: Objective 3: Increase life skills (i.e. budgeting, time management, goal setting, resume writing, etc.) and awareness in preparation for self-sufficiency and independence Objective 4: Develop and implement summer ServiceCorps program for 30 teens to develop job skills, leadership skills, and value of community involvement.

28. There will also be a DCCC night on the high school campus

30. DCCC Open House

31. DCCC Tour

38. Serve as ambassadors for the Out-of-School Time Taskforce to engage all identified youth serving organizations and get them connected to the group

40. Regularly survey youth serving organizations actively involved in the OST Group to determine the most appropriate training and workshops topics, designed to strengthen the capacity of the organizations and staff

41. 28 Out of School Time Task Force Objectives: Objective 1: Build partnerships with and among local youth serving organizations who meet regularly to coordinate program offerings and increase the availability of programs and activities. Objective 2: Strengthen the capacity of out-of-school time program staff and volunteers to improve service delivery.

45. Be the youth voice. Voice the needs and concerns of youth in the greater Coatesville community and implement projects and/or activities to address them.

46. Set the agenda for youth. This group of young people will work closely with the City of Coatesville administration, youth serving organizations, and school officials to set the agenda for youth in the community.

47. 32 A Key to Success Implementing an effective and strategic process. Communities That Care

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49. 34 The Five Phases Getting Started Organizing, Introducing, Involving Developing a Community Profile Creating A Community Action Plan Implementing & Evaluating the Community Action Plan

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52. Develop Community Board – Select & Orient

55. Facilitate the prioritization process

56. Collect and analyze archival data

57. Create a list of priority R&P factors

59. Create a map or list of the locations of resources in the community

60. Assess existing resources

61. Identify gaps

62. Report accomplishments and findings

65. Completed a scan of existing youth programs and activities that includes a brief programmatic description of the types of youth programs offered (numbers of staff, hours of operation, number and ages of youth served, and locations of program services).

66. Developed a mission statement and goals for the CYI

68. Coordinated a group site visit to The Garage, a community and youth center in Kennett Square, with members of the steering committee and a handful of youth to observe their program. The visit provided stakeholders with the opportunity to learn best practices and to see firsthand how another organization addressed the needs of youth.

75. In-kind donations from other agencies and organizations

77. Daring the dream again

78. A generation of engaged, poised, and trained leaders ready to move this community to the next level.

79. Community residents proud