DRAFT

DRAFT

Executive Summary

Assets (MS Word)

Implications (MS Word)


Table of Contents

 

 

I. Introduction....

A. Description of Target Area.....

B. Overview of the Franklin/Hampshire County Community Partnership

II. Profile of Community Partnership....

A. The Coordinating Team Agencies

B. The Planning Partnership


III. Methodology..

A. Compiling the secondary data...

B. From Primary Sources..

The Changes Project

The Poverty Agencies.

The Franklin/Hampshire Regional Employment Board....

C. Other primary and secondary data sources...

D. Our Data Collection Methods..

Focus groups..

Key informant interviews by area of investigation.

Youth-Key Informants....

Transitioning to Work and/or College-Key informants.

ESOL and other Populations Underserved by Adult Education Services Key Informants....

Corrections/Reintegration Key Informants.....


IV. Findings........

A. Community Profile: Needs.

Our Community of Focus..

The Towns of Franklin County........

Franklin County towns in the East County/North Quabbin region:...

Worcester County towns in the North Quabbin Region...

Towns in Hampshire County......

Summary of Secondary Data Findings.......



B. Secondary Data Findings..

Population......

Changes since 1990..

Poverty......

Economy/employment/income...

Education.

English Proficiency.....

Food Security

Health and Health Care

Adolescent Births

Youth Violence

Crime and Domestic Violence

Transportation



V.  Findings From Primary Data Sources.......

A. Introduction......

The need for independence......

B. ABE/ESOL Related Needs..

Language...

Basic literacy skills......

Credentials.

New work skills (see Transitioning to Work or College below)...

Parents of pre-school and school age children-intergenerational literacy....

At risk, special needs (see Underserved and Youth at Risk below)

Special Challenges.

Transportation...

Childcare.

Scheduling Classes.

Housing......

Citizenship

Underemployed - Welfare Reform (see also Transitioning to Work below and Credentials above)...

C. OUT-OF-SCHOOL AND OTHER YOUTH-AT-RISK.........

Defining Terms.......

What Youth Are Saying About Themselves.

What Others Said About Youth....

How will the MCAS impact youth?

How can ABE programs improve their relationships with the schools?.

The Challenges for Youth

D.TRANSITIONING TO WORK AND/OR COLLEGE.

Adult Education to Work

Summarizing..

Workplace Education.....

The Impact of Technology.

Women in the workplace

Data from the community at large.

Reconsidering a Different Perspective on the Changing Workplace

Transitioning to College.

E. ESOL AND OTHER POPULATIONS UNDERSERVED BY ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS..........

UnderServed ESOL populations.

Focus Group Summaries

Focus Group Transcripts

The Hilltown Rural Populations

Emergency Shelter Populations

Women in Crisis.

F. CORRECTIONS: THE REINTEGRATION OF THE EX-OFFENDER........

Introduction - the first meeting.

Reintegration - the politics

What goes on inside?

The Period of Transition- after release and on parole.

Summary and next steps.



VI. Assets........

A. Introduction

What is a community asset?

Relationships as assets.

Support as a continuum..

B. Institutions and Service Providers Available in Our Adult Education Planning Region for ABE learners and the community at large

C. ABE/ESOL/Family Literacy related services

The Coordinating Team Organizations

Family Literacy.

The Community Colleges.

The Correctional Facilities

D. Existing Partnerships and Interagency Collaborations

Referral and Information Coordination Efforts.

Assets of the Franklin Community Action Corporation.

Assets of HCAC.

E.  Youth  and other Learner Resources.

F.  Employment Opportunities and major employers


VII.  Implications For Service Planning (Key Issues In Strategic Planning)...

A. Gaps in Services

B. Insights about gaps in services from FCAC.

Summary of Findings from Our Primary Sources.

References