Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Office of Education to enter into contract with The Educational Service Center of Central Ohio (on behalf of Franklin County Family and Children First/Partnership4Success). Partnership4Success (P4S) is a collective impact backbone entity designed to organize, align, and mobilize stakeholders and providers for the purpose of providing crucial supports and learning to providers of youth services in Franklin County.
For the 2024-2025 school year, P4S will serve youth service providers as a resource hub and collective impact convener for exchanging information between and among providers, funders, and school districts. P4S will leverage their existing relationships to deepen and expand partnerships by coordinating educational opportunities and youth service programming in response to the unprecedented crises exacerbated by a global pandemic. The P4S collective impact approach is designed to position all stakeholders to align around a common equity-driven agenda.
This ordinance will fund a portion of the foundational P4S work, including:
1. P4S Community of Practice. P4S will provide partners access to a comprehensive toolbox of social emotional assessment technology and implementation resources tailored to the unique context of each provider setting;
2. P4S Work Groups & Workshops. P4S will convene workgroups and workshops on six different focus areas: Adult SEL, Data & Continuous Improvement, Family & Community Engagement, Middle & High School Youth, Youth & Young Adult Workforce Readiness, and Young People of Color;
3. P4S Facilitator Project. The P4S Facilitator Project initiative will increase the number of skilled facilitators to lead equity-centered collective impact that increases social, emotional, and academic outcomes;
4. Adaptive Schools - Organizations Foundation Seminar. This seminar will present a productive, practical set of ideas and tools for developing collaborative groups in becomin...
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