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YOSEMITE / STANISLAUS MOTHER LODE CONSORTIUM

Foothill Collaboration Proposal

Rebuilding Year – Why is there a need in the Foothill Region?

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Programs in a region that has virtually no Adult Education Programs but have populations deemed high-risk:

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Sierra Conservation Center – almost 5,000

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Jail realignment – unintended consequences

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High substance abuse rate – in almost all age groups

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One of the highest suicide rates in the state

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Tuolumne & Calaveras poverty rates for families with children

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Unemployment rates not a reliable indicator S

Community Health Assessment:

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“Employment opportunities are limited. This means that many families have low to no income. Thus, poverty rates tend to be high, especially for young families with children. “

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“Limited transportation disproportionately effects the high percentage of elder citizens and those living in poverty.”

Rebuilding Year

S Adult Education leading to a High School Diploma…

S Sonora UHSD, Summerville UHSD, Big Oak Flat Groveland,

Calaveras River Academy (CCOE) S GED and ESL – growing need for additional locations S Columbia College to serve as the link to lead to increasing

access and success in CTE courses

TCSOS

S New partner in Adult Education

S Natural connection to bridge services between incarcerated

population and Columbia College/Job Training services

S Connecting High Schools so programs can become robust and

self-sustaining.

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PD, sharing of FTE, establishment of effective practices

S Columbia College partnerships between High School and

COE already established. This strengthens the partnership.

Key to Success for the Region

S All the pieces need to be there for the effort to be

implemented successfully.

S No one service is enough to address the chronic unemployed,

high poverty population.

S Distance cannot be reduced, but collaborative efforts can make

it manageable.

S County Offices are prepared to take on leadership role in order

to ensure stability, successful implementation, and assessment

• f program success.