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Mississippi Shared Youth Vision

Mississippi Shared Youth Vision. Tackling The Dropout Problem!. What is teamwork?. What is Mississippi currently doing?. What is Mississippi currently doing?.

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Mississippi Shared Youth Vision

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  1. Mississippi Shared Youth Vision Tackling The Dropout Problem!

  2. What is teamwork?

  3. What is Mississippi currently doing? What is Mississippi currently doing? • In-school programs focusing on drop-out prevention with curriculum that includes work experience, employability skills, etc. These programs focus on graduation from high school and obtaining a job or furthering education by entering college.

  4. What is Mississippi currently doing? • Out-of-School programs targeting youth who are high-school drop-outs, offenders, in foster care, pregnant or parenting, homeless, basic skills deficient, etc. These programs help the youth work toward obtaining a GED and also helps prepare them for college or obtaining a job.

  5. What is Mississippi currently doing? • Mississippi has also housed several Youth mentorship programs that allow students in-school and out-of-school, while working towards their high school diploma/GED, the opportunity to obtain work skills and a credential such as a CNA licensure.

  6. What is Mississippi currently doing? • The Mississippi Department of Education has recently hired a Drop-out prevention coordinator to specifically work on the drop-out problem.

  7. As you can see, Mississippi already has wonderful programs established serving our neediest youth Yet our State recognizes that we still face serious problems.

  8. A Mississippi newspaper article from April 2006 reads: STATE TARGETS 40% DROPOUT RATE

  9. Youth Vision Team Members Include: • MS Dept of Employment Security • MS Dept of Rehab Services • United Way • Local Workforce Investment Area Youth Programs • HUD • MS Planning & Development …

  10. Team Members • Social Security Administration • State Board of Community & Junior Colleges Adult Basic Education

  11. Our Youth Vision Team Goals: • Coordinate as existing programs by forming together as an interagency group • Develop network of services available using statistics from Department of Education. Information will be shared among all agencies and partners • Hold monthly team meetings to ensure goals are met

  12. We will work together as a team to achieve our goal … And in the end….

  13. Our YOUTH will be the winners! • Go Team!

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