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Alachua County Students to Successful Citizens System of Care Program (B)
This item is a request for the City Commission to hear a presentation from Alachua County Schools and the Juvenile Justice Council requesting the City's support to include the Alachua County Public Schools System of Care in its Legislative Packet for FY 2017. **Presentation Time: 20 Minutes**
Explanation
The System of Care is a local program that addresses the needs of at-risk youth and families. The program was developed by a network of local agencies, partnering with the School Board of Alachua County (SBAC). The SBAC and its partners are requesting funding for the pilot program in FY 2016. Data is collected to monitor the progress of at-risk youth and families, with a comprehensive approach to services.
The goals of the System of Care program are to assess and treat at-risk students according to their needs, train school personnel, improve classroom behavior and reduce suspensions, increase academic achievement and overall graduation rates, increase employment of positive student engagement strategies by School Resource Police/Deputies, and decrease juvenile arrests.
The Students to Successful Citizens/System of Care was created as a result of concerns from local agencies that at-risk youth and families were not receiving adequate services. There was a need for unified network of services to provide: intake, assessment, and assistance that is tailored to meet the individual needs of the youth in our community. The goal is to provide high quality, child centered, family focused, cost effective, community-based services to high risk youth and their families. State and local agencies, parents and providers work together to plan, share resources, and provide tailored services for our youth. These agencies included, but are not limited to: the School Board of Alachua County, Gainesville Police Department, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, Alachua County Sheriff’s Depa...
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