BACKGROUND:
The Crossroads High School Project (Project) will serve pregnant and parenting youth and their children through a culturally and linguistically appropriate approach to inspire academic achievement, intellectual development, and self-sufficiency. Collaboration between the school-based comprehensive program, County, and community agencies allows the project to create comprehensive strategies to improve, not only the future of the parent-student, but the future of their children. The Project will focus on literacy, intervention, healthy lifestyles, mental health support, and college pathways with a goal to ensure positive parenting and self-reliance to break the cycles of poverty, abuse, and violence.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Services could not be provided to support the Family and Children's Trust Committee (FACT) Crossroads High School Project, supporting pregnant and parenting youth in the Mount Diablo Unified School District.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This agreement will support three of the five community outcomes established in the Children's Report Card: 3) "Families that are Economically Self Sufficient"; 4) "Families that are safe, Stable and Nurturing"; and, 5) "Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and families" by providing education and building self-esteem for pregnant and parenting youth and their families.