Completed with Disconnected Youth Work Group 

• youth homelessness
• increased rigor and expectations (test scores, etc.)
• mental health
• substance abuse
• poverty (kids needing to be income earners)
• unstable families - kids needing to be caregivers
• teen parents
• lack of support - anchor relationship nor web of support
• future opportunities for "fast money" to be made on the streets
• social isolation (in the real world vs. virtual relationships)

Seven Adverse Life Experience/Predictors for Drop Out (from "Don't Quit on Me")

• Suspension from school (even one time)
• mental health
• transience (homelessness and moving homes)
• not feeling academically prepared for school
• having many friends leave school
• becoming a parent

NOTE: moving away from suspension and expulsion administratively based on MSDE guidance and requirements. Adding things like PBIS, social workers, etc.

• AACPS - PPW's, counselors, teachers,
• AAWDC
• AACC - both college and career/apprenticeship paths
• DSS
• Partnership (LMB)
• Chesapeake Center for Youth Development
• Faith Community
• DJS
• Mental Health Agency/Core Service Agency
• Sororities/Fraternities
• Police department
• Parents
• Youth
• Community leaders/opinion leaders
• Business leaders - Chamber's of Commerce, Business Partnerships
• Health Dept. (Vital records)
• Boys & Girls Clubs
• Recreation & Parks
• Centro de Ayuda
• RCDC
• Eastport Girls Club
• Seeds 4 Success
• Philanthropic Community (AAWGT, Junior League, CFAAC)
• Service Clubs - Rotary, Lions, Kiwanis, etc
• Local unions?
• MVA
• Legislators - policy/legislation around barriers
• Group around Justice Reinvestment Act (probation/parole/early release)
• State Attorney's Office

• Kids at Hope - can provide framework for some of these things (like anchor parent, caring adults, etc.)
• PBIS
• Annapolis based Teen Mom Program (access can be challenging because of geography/transportation)
• Old YWCA partnership that provided parenting classes and child care
• Penguin School - Baltimore City - designed for teen parents to be able to bring kids to school
• Community Schools (Ben Franklin)
• Kids at Hope - can provide framework for some of these things (like anchor parent, caring adults, etc.)
• Success Mentors (Bloomberg)
• Alt One's - 19 schools have Alt 1's - student caseload of youth that are high risk (attendance, behavior, grades) - through Kathy Lane's office
• Strengthening Families
• CRICT teams
• Teen Court

• Mentoring (possible low cost option)
• PPW's
• Offering post-graduation survey earlier to help kids to identify a path (low cost/no cost) - or translating to a 9th grade version to determine which kids are
• Targeting small groups of high-risk kids (Classic Men, Leading Ladies, etc.)
• Parenting programs/parenting groups (for kids with poor attendance and other related issues)
• Anchor Adult - Gateway to web of supports
• Intensive Case Management
• Workforce-based Disconnected Youth Programming (defunded by AAWDC)
• Partnership with workforce development to get kids into workforce
• Basic needs services
• Behavioral health services
• Community Ambassadors (school culture)
• In-home Family Preservation
• Other in-home services/supports
• "Dreaming" within families/with parents - teach them how to dream! (Off the wall strategy)

Four Types of Support:

• Emotional
• Instrumental (practical - bus passes, drivers licenses, etc.)
• Appraisal
• Informational

Data point definition: The percent of public school students, grade 9 - 12, who withdrew from school before graduation or before completing a Maryland-approved educational program during the July to June academic year and are not known to have enrolled in another high school program during the academic year.

• Expulsion & suspension data
• Disaggregated data from MSDE on graduation and dropout rates (race/ethnicity, geography, FARMS, special ed, ELL)
• Need to understand the Educational Attainment categories and data definitions
• PBIS data
• % of students identified "at risk" in high school (and criteria)
• Data from post-graduation survey from high school seniors around how many have no plan
• Truancy/absenteeism data (elementary school - 3rd grade as predictor for drop out rate)
• 3rd grade reading level (disaggregated by income and race) - MSDE piloting as part of national campaign
• AAWGT program focusing on 2nd grade reading levels?
• School Climate Survey (and how frequently is it collected)
• DJS data (geographical)