With Navigation, our groundbreaking holistic strategy, we reached 100 vulnerable students and family members with personalized, wraparound supports in our first year. Year two means taking what we've learned and applying it to not only to working with young children and families, but also to college and career-bound teens. Please download our Year One Update.
EnCompass Navigation
EnCompass Navigation layers supports which connect students to their peers, families, schools, and community. We are applying learnings to working with middle and high school students to prepare them for success in college and careers.
Year One Progress
EnCompass Navigation is helping families achieve self-sufficiency, sustained success, and become resources for other families.
Navigation is building support systems and networks by identifying and aligning community partners to more effectively serve vulnerable children and families.
Provided high quality academic intervention and programs for 2,400 students Invested in more than 100 students and families with wraparound supports with the goal of working together for academic success
Navigators provided daily direct support to students and families including family meetings, coaching, transportation, school meetings, advocacy, and service coordination
Capacity-building parent trainings were developed and delivered including financial literacy, parenting, job training, and school advocacy
Developed holistic, college and career-readiness curriculum for teens grades 7-12 to become FutureReady
Enhanced experiential learning opportunities for students of The Norman Howard School
Satisfied urgent needs of families to enable their students to focus on learning
Addressed food insecurity by increasing nutrition literacy through our Edible Education Food Literacy Program:
Constructed Teaching Gardens on campuses
Hosted Family Dinners - 165 participants
Delivered Student and Family Nutrition Classes - 800 participants