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RM-P <br />._M-7i""'k ... f. - - .> <br />a <br />1846 18th Ave <br />Ken Roberts <br />Vero Beach, FL 32960 <br />Chair <br />Phone: 772.770.6000 <br />Big Brothers Big Sisters <br />Fax: 772.828.2098 <br />of Indian River County <br />wvrw.bbbsbigs.org <br />Advisory Board Members <br />To Indian Rivet' Comm— (L'onimissionm <br />Ken Roberts <br />From: Jndl Miller. CGO <br />Chair <br />Date: 2/13/16 <br />Jason Odom <br />Immediate Past Chair <br />In 3015. County Commissioners and members of the Indian River funders' <br />1`0/11111 °lade <ill unprecedented decision to form a public/private partnership <br />GregoryT Brown <br />Iherchy enhancing' outcomes for local children. This decision assisted Big <br />Deborah Chastain <br />Brothers Rig Sisters fn their efforts to expand early childhood services through <br />Sally Fusco <br />Passport to Farly Literacy Children served by IN, -,program are enrolled ill VPK <br />Rev, Charlie lanes <br />(Voluntary Pre -K) programs in central Vero The need for assisting these families <br />Maty Jacoby <br />is documented M the 29% of local sludcnls who are not ready for Kindergarten. <br />Cathy LaCroix <br />Research clearly indicates that we can invest now fn our youngest children, or pay <br />Georgann Schreier <br />the price ofgrcatereducalional failures later <br />Joanna Scott -Meyers <br />EdShanaphy <br />Deborah Taylor -Long <br />� <br />C`hildre. s Services Advisor\' Conimilice funding has allowed 1111111 to expand <br />mentoring services to a third childcare facility and provide monthly parent <br />Donnie Wilson <br />Judi Miller, CEO <br />engagement activities for three centers that enroll a majority of lower socio- <br />economic families. AmeriCOrps members meet loth VPK students in one -t0 -one <br />sessions several times it week for 20 minutes per session to locus on <br />social/eltiotional grolwh and pre -literacy skills including oral <br />language/vocabulary. print knowledge and phonological awareness --all <br />precursors to Kindergarten Readiness. In the first four months of this Brant. <br />13BBS has served 76 children with an ultimate goal ofscrving 100 <br />Because parents are a child's first and most important teacher. Ifig Brothers Big <br />Sisters has also concentrated on connecting learning that lakes place in the home <br />and the pre -K setting through quality parent engagement Front September <br />through mid-February, our collaborative has held 10 parent nights serving 166 <br />People and 3 family learning outings with 107 attendees alrcad% exceeding grant <br />goals lbr adults and group. <br />OUIC'OITIUS from the one-to-one mentoring and parent engagement activities have <br />been extremely positive. Overall scores from mid -year test results of the 1-lor•id0 <br />FPK Assescinent indicate that centers averaged anywhere linin 03% to 890/, of <br />their childien who nict or exceeded expectations despite the flci that they started <br />scoring siguificatuly belo%% cxpcclalion when they first entered their VPK <br />class. Year-end test results will not be available (ill Jtnie. 2016. hlowever. based <br />Think of the possibilities. What will you start? sta rt <br />r� <br />Funded hr IHR(i('C <br />N. <br />-6A. 1a <br />