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Michigan's Children works in collaboration with several Detroit-based partners on Special Projects designed to engage elected officials with neighborhoods residents and youth on issues that are important to them. Exploring Evidence-based Practices in School-Community Partnerships: An in-depth assessment of the Promise Neighborhood Model and its impact across the State May 20, 2011
8:30 am - 4:30 pm 8200 W. Outer Drive, Laboratory Science Building, Room L17, Detroit, MI Wayne County Community College, NorthWest Campus
Promise Neighborhoods is a cradle to career path that incorporates coordination of public and private partner investment to improve the educational success of children and youth. This approach provides a more comprehensive strategy of delivering resources to children and families than the piece-meal approach of the past.
Detroit Kidspeak 2011 A President's Recipe for Success: Prioritizing Education The theme for this year's Kidspeak was chosen in acknowledgement and support of President Obama's priority for education as he chose to release his fiscal year 2012 budget on February 14, 2011 at Parkville Middle School and Center for Technology, a large urban middle school in Boston, Mass. Despite the dangerous road conditions and heavy snowfall on February 21, 2011, approximately 12 youth from the Skillman Foundation's Good Neighborhoods within the city of Detroit and other targeted areas supported by the Comunity Foundation of Southeast Michigan, spent a day at Detroit City Hall educating local and state policymakers and other community leaders as to how they can work together to improve educational outcomes for young people who reside in and around the city of Detroit. Educational barriers identified by the young people included access to transportation to get to school, the need for additional schools designed to serve teen parents, free or low cost credit recovery programs, access to school counseling programs, teacher quality and student-teacher relationships. Michigan's Children proudly presented this event in partnership with the University of Michigan School of Social Work's Youth and Community Program, the Detroit Parent Network, the Skillman Foundation, Kresge Foundation, and the Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan. View Jack Kresnak's Children First Story View coverageof the event by Our Life in the D Youth Legislative Day 2010 On November 18, 2010 Michigan's Children presented Youth Legislative Day. More than 140 youths from converged on the Michigan House of Representatives to receive legislative training and participate in mock debates with legislators, staff and lobbyists. The fall event focused on the issues of gang violence, school nutrition, and mental health services in schools. Michigan's Children proudly presented this event in partnership with the Skillman Foundation, the Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan, New Detroit, the Detroit Parent Network and Western Michigan University's College of Health and Human Services (CHHS). View the list of schools and agencies that brought students to the event School Safety Summit Michigan's Children, in collaboration with Wayne County Community College, City Connect Detroit, and The Skillman Foundation, hosted the School Safety Summit on March 25, 2010 at Wayne County Community College's Northwest Campus. Read more... [Detroit Neighborhoods - Special Projects] KidSpeak 2009 Youths Speak Out on Improving Detroit Neighborhoods Fears about aging out of foster care, finishing high school, and staying safe while at school were key concerns shared by Detroit area youths at the 2009 Detroit KidSpeak® public policy forum at City Hall. About 40 young people from The Skillman Foundation’s Good Neighborhoods within the city of Detroit spent the day educating local and state policymakers and other community leaders as to how they can work together to improve life inside Detroit neighborhoods and schools. |