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Project UNIFY National Youth Activation Project. SOI Staff Briefing September 16, 2008. Youth Activation – Project UNIFY. 5 years of legislative cultivation, Capitol Hill Day Authorized by 2004 Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act U.S. Department of Education – FY 2008 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Be a fan of acceptance, dignity, and the human race.
Project UNIFYNational Youth Activation
Project
SOI Staff Briefing
September 16, 2008
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Youth Activation – Project UNIFY• 5 years of legislative cultivation, Capitol Hill Day• Authorized by 2004 Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act• U.S. Department of Education – FY 2008• First Education funding success• $4.42 million (12 months) grant• $2.4 million in Program grants• Targets U.S. Programs/activities
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Project UNIFY – current staffingAndrea Cahn, Director of Project UNIFY. Melanie Ferlito, Director of Unified Sports /Camp ShriverTerry Pickeral, Executive Director, National Center for Learning and Citizenship (NCLC), Senior Educational Consultant to Project UNIFY Dioma Ogude, Finance Specialist
Also part of core team:Steve Corbin, SOI Senior VP of Constituent ServicesHelen MacNabb, VP, Organizational DevelopmentRon Vederman, Sr Director, Org Development – Schools and Youth
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Special Olympics
FinanceSr. VP
Constituent Services
Finance Specialist Grants Manager
SONA Managing Director
Project UNIFY Director
Unified Sports/ Camp Shriver
Director
ALPs Manager
Program Assistant
Education Consultant
Project UNIFY integrated Staffing
New Project Unify positions
Staffing and Reporting Structure
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Youth Activation Vision
• Special Olympics believes that through sports young people can make a difference in friendships, schools and communities;
• Special Olympics youth recognize that through sports training and competition, people with intellectual disability inspire hope, dignity and courage;
• Special Olympics invites youth to understand and to value their peers with intellectual disabilities and empowers youth to create opportunities for and with them in sport and friendship.
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Project UNIFY PurposeActivate youth across the country in an effort to promote school communities of acceptance and inclusion where all young people are agents of change - fostering respect, dignity and advocacy for people with intellectual disabilities.
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Project Unify Objectives
• Increase the number of local opportunities for youth with and without Intellectual Disabilities
• Increase the number of state SO Programs engaging in sustained partnerships with schools
• Develop best practices that provide the basis of expansion of a sustainable Project UNIFY
• Create web based environments for youth with and without Intellectual Disabilities to connect
• Conduct evaluation that documents the successes and challenges of Project UNIFY and its impact
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Project Unify Objectives• Expand and enhance the Young Athletes Program• Establish advocacy & leadership training (e.g.
ALPS) for youth with and without Intellectual Disabilities
• Educate youth as to what Intellectual Disability is • Create a national leadership program for youth in
developing school communities • Increase the number of U.S. youth with and without
Intellectual Disabilities (pre-school and up) actively participating in Special Olympics
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GLOBAL STRATEGIC PLAN
• Shift in orientation (paradigm shift)
• Commitment to:– Youth lead– Youth focus
• Current landscape – to future vision
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Strategic OVERVIEW:A Unified Approach
• Policy Development– Supporting the value
and contribution of youth
– Promoting acceptance – Working for equity
• Youth Leadership Development– Increase in knowledge– Increase in skills– Increase in
dispositions
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PARADIGM SHIFTS
• Leadership
• Communications
• Impacts
How we do business now…
…How we do business tomorrow
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CHANGE PROCESS
• AWARENESS – Increase number of individuals
familiar with issues
• ADOPTION – Increase in prevalence of quality
practices
• ADVOCACY–Encourage others
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TWO-YEAR AGENDA
• Monitor Projects
• Identify and Share Effective Strategies
• Celebrate Impacts
• Identify Specific Tools that can be universally applied
• Develop, Disseminate and Monitor Impact of Tool Kit
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YEAR ONE
• Implementation of Scope of Activities• Products – Local Demonstration Projects• Convenings/Networking • Policy Agenda• Leadership Development
– Maximize current leaders– Develop “emerging leaders”
• Documentation – Develop a Blueprint• Dissemination
– Internal– External
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YEAR TWO
• Monitor Strategies
• Identify and Share Effective Strategies– Including conditions of effectiveness
• Celebrate Impacts
• Tools– From Blueprint to Toolkit– Employing tools
• Assessment of impact of Toolkit
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Key Characteristics of Effective Practice
• Youth Leadership• School-Community Collaborations• Continuous Improvement• Communications• Professional Development• Unifying Programming• Creating and Sustaining Relationships
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Special Olympics Model of Change
SchoolsTraditional Sports
•Games/Tournaments•Coaching•Volunteers•Fans in the Stands
Communications & Engagement•Be a Fan – “R Word”•Website•Sports Experience
Inclusive Sports•Unified Sports•Camp Shriver
Inclusive Schools•SOGII – Essay Contests•Booster Clubs•School Enrichment•Global Youth Congress•Youth Summits
Early Childhood Enrichment•Young Athletes
Athlete Leadership & Self-Advocacy
Youth Leadership
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Project UNIFY Program ProjectsGrants amounts range from $25,000 to $92,000Largest number (20) in range between $60-80,000All grant requests capped at $100,000Percent cuts applied based on scores
Criteria for Scoring:• Degree to which met Project UNIFY objectives• Design and clarity of plan• Measurable objectives• Cost per school/ athlete• Sustainability
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Project UNIFY Program Projects44 Proposals expected from Programs• 32 awarded in 1st Round• 12 expected in Round 2
Round 1• $2,980,000 in requests• $1,940,000 in funds awarded (contingent)• $500,000+ in funds available for Round 2
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Project UNIFY Program ProjectsRound 1 Cumulative Targets:• 23 Young Athlete Projects (4 YA focused)• 31 Unified Sports Projects(10 Unified focused)• 27 Multi-disciplinary Projects
• 26,000 New Athletes• 212, 000 New Youth engaged• 1,155 New Schools
TOTAL 318,000 youth involved as participants in 1,920 Project UNIFY Schools
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Project UNIFY Events and Opportunities
• Eliminate use of R-word Campaign - now
• 2008 Global Education Summit – Washington, DC - September 18-20
• Special Olympics Youth Congress - 2009 Special Olympics World Winter Games - February 2009
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YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE• Engagement of members
– All Group– Working Groups
• Support– Leadership Development– Communications– Ensuring Equity, Maximizing Contributions
• Responsibilities– Understanding Long-Term Commitment and Short-
Term Opportunities• Opportunities
– Global Youth Summit/World Games
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Special Olympics
FinanceSr. VP
Constituent ServicesCommunications
Research and Evaluation
Web and InteractiveGrants Manager Finance Specialist R-Word / Be a fan
World Games
Youth and Schools
SO College
SONA Managing Director
Project UNIFY Director
Education Consultant
Unified Sports/ Camp Shriver
Director
ALPs Manager
Program Assistant Sports
Project UNIFY Staffing with reporting
and collaboration linesreporting
collaboration