Parramore Kidz Zone

Florida Children & Youth Cabinet:

Youth Services Collaboration Team

March 6, 2012

Overview

Background

Why Parramore?

The coalition and role of the lead agency

Investing in Parramore youth: the Cradle-

to-Career Pipeline

Results

Lessons Learned

Background

Newly elected Mayor wants to focus on children, creates

“Director of Children & Education.”

Stakeholders are frustrated re: persistent children’s problems

Common theme emerges: Start small, prove it works, scale up

Early articles appear about Harlem Children’s Zone; Orlando

sends a team

City spends 2 years planning and raising funds

Parramore Kidz Zone launched in July 2006.

Why Parramore?

2,066 children

73% below poverty

84% in single parent households

47% of adults -no high school

diploma or GED.

Zip code with highest:

Child abuse/neglect

Juvenile arrests

Teen birth rate

2007 Neighborhood Survey Results

86% of families run out of money to pay bills

78% of parents need more help with their

children than they’re getting

87% say tutoring assistance is the most needed

32% of children lost a loved one in the past year

61% of children under 5 aren’t in childcare/pre-k

The Coalition and Role of the Lead

Agency

The Coalition

Non-profit, School, Faith,

Civic Organizations

Provide services

Community Foundation Administer donations,

make grants to providers

Donors and Grant-Making Organizations

Contribute funds

City of Orlando

Convene and lead coalition

Neighborhood Residents Identify

needs and priorities

Health Council

Manage data and project evaluation

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The Lead Agency

The lead

agency

defines the

mission*

and leads

the boat to

its

destination.

*The mission is to “move the needle” on child well-being in the Zone.

The Role of Lead Agency

Sets the mission and builds consensus among partners

Raises and administers funds and resources

Distributes resources to partners

Establishes coalition-wide database and project evaluation

Coordinates joint coalition efforts

In Orlando, the lead agency is the City. This adds the Mayor’s bully pulpit and a public policy role to the project: Raises the project’s status to a top community priority

Brings attention to the project and it’s results

Uses influence to bring funders, key players, and other resources to the table

Ensures that the City contributes cash and in-kind support

Investments in Parramore

Youth

PKZ’s Cradle-to-Career Pipeline

Birth

through

Age 5

Elementary

School

Aged

Middle

and High

School

Aged

Young Adults

• Academic case mgt and tutoring

• After school programs

• Mentoring

• Academic case mgt/tutoring

• Positive peer groups

• After school activities

• Youth employment

• Mentoring

• Teen Pregnancy Prevention

• Pre-k and childcare

• Baby Institute (Parenting)

• College access assistance

• Youth employment

• Mentoring

• Teen Pregnancy Prevention

Family economic stability. Health and wellness programs.

Partners

City of Orlando

Community Foundation of Central

Florida

Heart of Florida United Way

University of Central Florida

Health Council of East Central

Florida

Orange County Public Schools

Orange County Health Department

Orange County Healthy Start

Coalition

Second Harvest Food Bank

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Valencia College

Orange County Early Learning

Coalition

Simeon Resource and Development

Center for Men

Young Fathers of Central Florida

New Image Youth Center

Orlando Community &Youth Trust,

Inc.

Community Coordinated Care for

Children

Orange County Head Start

Boys and Girls Clubs of Central

Florida

Others

Community Organizing

Geoffrey Canada: Neighborhoods reach tipping points

when a critical mass of their residents is mobilized.

PKZ aims to serve 100% of Parramore youth.

We build a relationship with the neighborhood

block-by-block, house-by-house, and youth-by-

youth.

Tactics include street outreach, grassroots

marketing, and peer-to-peer marketing.

PKZ Youth Pedaling for Pride

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer with PKZ Youth Leaders

PKZ Clean the World Community Service Project

PKZ Youth with Dwight Howard

PKZ Baby Institute

PKZ 2011-12 Grants to Partners Description Amount

Homework Roomz, tutoring, academic case mgt, high school grad. project $190,000

Athletics $40,000

Teen Programs (events, field trips, teen shack, youth meetings, community

service projects, programs) $110,000

Emergency Economic Assistance $60,000

PKZ Baby Institute $150,000

Child care subsidies $180,000

PKZ Workz Youth Employment Program $50,000

PKZ College Access Program $30,000

Teen Pregnancy Prevention Project $115,000

Partner capacity building $15,000

Data/Evaluation $10,000

Total $950,000

Examples of Services Leveraged at Little

or No Cost to PKZ

Page 15 after school tutoring program

Match funds for PKZ Baby Institute,

Early Learning Coalition of Orange

County

Orange County Head Start

Childcare funding, via the Florida

Childcare Executive Partnership Program

City of Orlando staff and facilities

Service Provider Standards,

Accountability, Monitoring and

Enforcement

Example: New Image Youth Center EXHIBIT A: GRANT REQUIREMENTS

Grantee Organization: New Image Youth Center

Grant Amount: $60,000.00

Grant Period: Start Date: February 1, 2011 Completion Date: January 31, 2012

Payment Frequency: Quarterly

Program Description: To provide a daily after school and summer camp program for approximately 50 school aged children residing in the Parramore Heritage Community (see map attached), in coordination with the City of Orlando’s Parramore Kidz Zone (PKZ). The program will offer tutoring provided by certified teacher(s) and volunteers, access to computers and internet, recreational activities, opportunities for community service, mentoring, college entry assistance for high school aged youth, and other supportive services to participating youth. In addition, participating children will receive lunch and participate in field trips during the summer camp.

Required Reporting:

Report: Quarterly and Annual Budget Reports

Due Date: June 3, 2011, October 7, 2011, February 3, 2012, February 28, 2011

Report: Monthly Authorized Children Served Forms with sign in sheets for each month period.

Report: Annual Outcome Report, to include: Names and ages of all girls aged 10-19 served by New Image Youth Center who had a baby during the grant period. Names and ages of all youth served by New Image Youth Center who were arrested during the grant period. Level achieved on both the Math and Reading FCAT (i.e. 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5) for each youth served by New Image Youth Center during the grant period, including grade of the child at the time the FCAT was taken. GPA of each High School aged youth served by New Image Youth Center during the grant period.

Results

FCAT Performance, Parramore

Students, 06/07 thru 09/10 School Years

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

45% 40%

38%

25%

12%

27%

47% 56% 46%

32%

15%

37%

50% 56%

37%

29%

18%

43%

60% 58%

42% 40%

20%

48%

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

Juvenile Arrests in Parramore 2006-2010

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10

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60

70

80

90

100

Arrests

96

69

51

19

18

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

81.3% reduction in

juvenile arrests in

Parramore since

PKZ was launched

Lessons Learned

Start small. Identify communities where children

disproportionately enter the system. Focus resources there first.

Geo-code data and track key metrics from the onset.

Ensure the coalition has a leader.

Keep it simple. For example:

Provide free space to encourage programs to move into the

neighborhood (e.g. Page 15, Head Start)

Keep data reporting simple (but institute quality control)

Give families what they want

Build on neighborhood strengths. Invest in them and scale them

up. Simplify the grants-making process.

Lessons Learned (continued)

Be low tech, relationship-based, and neighborhood-based

(Example: Workforce Central Florida).

Make sure staff are likeable and skilled.

Focus on giving kids the following:

Competent, caring people who have access to resources and

advocate for them from cradle to career

A community that engages youth and refuses to throw them

away.

Stable living situations.

Problems are deep and long-term: solutions need to be too.

Discussion