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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
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.....
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.......
Changes since 1990..
V. Findings From Primary Data Sources.......
A. Introduction......
The need for
independence......
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.
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.
A. Introduction
What is a community
asset?
Relationships as assets.
Support as a continuum..
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