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Project UNIFY National Youth Activation Project

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

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Project UNIFY National Youth Activation Project

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  1. Project UNIFYNational Youth Activation Project SOI Staff Briefing September 16, 2008

  2. 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

  3. Project UNIFY – current staffing Andrea Cahn, Director of Project UNIFY. Melanie Ferlito, Director of Unified Sports /Camp Shriver Terry 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 Services Helen MacNabb, VP, Organizational Development Ron Vederman, Sr Director, Org Development – Schools and Youth

  4. Staffing and Reporting Structure New Project Unify positions Project UNIFY integrated Staffing

  5. 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.

  6. Project UNIFY Purpose Activate 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.

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. GLOBAL STRATEGIC PLAN • Shift in orientation (paradigm shift) • Commitment to: • Youth lead • Youth focus • Current landscape – to future vision

  10. 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 Strategic OVERVIEW:A Unified Approach

  11. PARADIGM SHIFTS • Leadership • Communications • Impacts How we do business now… …How we do business tomorrow

  12. CHANGE PROCESS • AWARENESS • Increase number of individuals familiar with issues • ADOPTION • Increase in prevalence of quality practices • ADVOCACY • Encourage others

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. Key Characteristics of Effective Practice • Youth Leadership • School-Community Collaborations • Continuous Improvement • Communications • Professional Development • Unifying Programming • Creating and Sustaining Relationships

  17. Special Olympics Model of Change Athlete Leadership & Self-Advocacy • Communications & Engagement • Be a Fan – “R Word” • Website • Sports Experience Youth Leadership • Inclusive Schools • SOGII – Essay Contests • Booster Clubs • School Enrichment • Global Youth Congress • Youth Summits Schools • Traditional Sports • Games/Tournaments • Coaching • Volunteers • Fans in the Stands • Inclusive Sports • Unified Sports • Camp Shriver • Early Childhood Enrichment • Young Athletes

  18. Project UNIFY Program Projects Grants amounts range from $25,000 to $92,000 Largest number (20) in range between $60-80,000 All grant requests capped at $100,000 Percent 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

  19. Project UNIFY Program Projects 44 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

  20. Project UNIFY Program Projects Round 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

  21. 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

  22. 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

  23. Project UNIFY Staffing with reporting and collaboration lines reporting collaboration

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