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PROJECT DIVINE INTERRUPTION

PROJECT DIVINE INTERRUPTION. Presenters: Ms. Tracy Brinkley and Dr. Barbara Armstrong. Objectives.

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PROJECT DIVINE INTERRUPTION

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  1. PROJECT DIVINE INTERRUPTION Presenters: Ms. Tracy Brinkley and Dr. Barbara Armstrong

  2. Objectives • To introduce the great small town of Thomasville, NC and its challenges developing an innovative educational awareness program about M-V students for the school and community thus creating transparency • To identify processes and procedures for an effective school and church partnership • To understand and embrace the political realities regarding the state of homelessness

  3. The Big Chair

  4. School Officials

  5. Homelessness 101 For Administrators

  6. HOMELESSNESS 101 September 30,2009 Administrators Extraordinaire

  7. What, then, is Homelessness? • Homelessness is the condition of not having a fixed, stable, regular and adequate nighttime residence

  8. REASONS • HOUSING • UNEMPLOYMENT • POVERTY

  9. Where are they? • Doubled up • Cars • Trailer parks • Bridges • Abandoned homes

  10. School Barriers Unable to meet enrollment requirements (proof of residence, legal guardianship, school and health records) Lack of transportation Lack of school supplies and clothing

  11. M-V • McKinney-Vento (Homeless Assistance Act)—1987 • Reauthorized in NCLB in 2001 • Requires: *students can remain in one school and begin attending immediately even if cannot produce normally required documents, such as birth certificates, proof of guardianship, proof of residency, shot records

  12. What do Displaced families look like • 84% are female headed • 29% of adults in homeless families work • 42% of children in homeless families are under age 6 • By age 12, 83% of homeless children have been exposed to at least one serious violent event • Homeless students are sick 4x more often

  13. Cont’d • 16% of homeless preschoolers exhibit severe aggression and hostility • 85% regularly attend school • 48% are proficient in reading • 43% are proficient in math

  14. TCS STATS • 58 STUDENTS IDENTIFIED IN 2008-2009 • 54 OF THE 58--------LIVING DOUBLED UP • 2 OF THE 58----------LIVING IN CARS, PARKS, CAMPGROUNDS, SUBSTANDARD HOUSING • 2 OF THE 58----------LIVING IN Hotels/Motels

  15. The Paradox • 85% free and reduced lunch • TPS-----------30 • LDES---------15 • TMS----------12 • THS-----------01

  16. Possible Identifiers • Tardiness • Sleeping in class • Few changes of clothes and/or unclean clothes • Sudden change in behavior and/or performance • Constant change in how get home • Homework, if done, is lost or crumpled

  17. Project Divine Interruption

  18. Memorial United Methodist Church

  19. Love Poster

  20. Separation of Church and State

  21. Non-Issue Non-Issue

  22. The Divine Ride

  23. Federal Strategic Plan 2010 • Goal 1: To end chronic homelessness in five (5) years • Goal 2: To prevent and end homelessness among veterans in five (5) years • Goal 3: To prevent and end homelessness for families, youth, and children in ten (10) years • Goal 4: To end all types of homelessness

  24. Vision No one should experience homelessness and no one should be without a safe, stable place to call home

  25. "This Christmas, take something valuable out of a box.“

  26. "You're riding in what thousands of kids call home."

  27. "You're not the only one worried about how much you'll eat over the Holidays."

  28. "What you and I do not know about homelessness, over 1 million U.S. children do."

  29. "No child should be tucked into a car at night.“

  30. Local and Federal Strategic Plans

  31. Reality Check • Grass Roots • Strong beginning • Greater Roots • PDI enveloping state and national efforts • Embrace and coordinate services with state and national audiences

  32. Pair and Share How do you see the PDI efforts in a small town called Thomasville being duplicated and/or modified in your local community?

  33. Pair and Share What barriers do you see in your community with implementing PDI? How could you address those barriers?

  34. Contact Information • Ms. Tracy Brinkley Community Volunteer and Activist Email: tbbrinkley@gmail.com Phone: 336-880-5875 • Dr. Barbara Armstrong District Homeless Liaison, Thomasville City Schools Email: armstrongb@tcs.k12.nc.us Phone: 336-474-4238

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