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Education

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Education Committee Chairperson is Fred Peters.

Short term objectives

• Create an invitation w/ benefit
  
• Identify players
  
• Include participants in April meeting

OBJECTIVES

Identify existing training and educational opportunities to obtain marketable skills - 

• SOFT-SKILLS PROGRAM is being designed. Partners: TJC, TWC, Business Education Council, Samaritan Counseling Center, PATH
  

Identify gaps

• ETHNN Comprehensive Community Needs Assessment identified the following:
  
• 33% No High School Diploma or GED
  
• Top need: Tuition Assistance
  

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Prior to conducting the Comprehensive Community Assessment, network members identified the following priorities for education:

• Engage school districts and their counselors;
• Mentoring programs for disadvantaged youth (sex education, work with faith based agencies);
• ESL and Literacy;
• Independent Living Skills (LIFE 101).

Within this field we recognize the needs of sub-populations including the following:

• Chronic substance abuse
  
• Elderly
  
• Ex-offenders
  
• Homeless
  
• People with English as a second language
  
• Persons with cognitive disabilities
  
• Persons with HIV/AIDS
  
• Persons with less than a high school degree / GED
  
• Persons with physical disabilities
  
• Severely mentally ill
  
• Unaccompanied youth (under 18)
  
• Undocumented immigrants
  
• Veterans
  
• Victims of domestic violence
  
• GLBTQ (Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning)