Nearly one in four local adults did not graduate from high school or earn a GED degree. Table 1: Education Levels of Adults Zip Code 33841 Zip Code 33881 Florida Polk (Lewis-A.Woodbury) (Garner) Population ages 18-24 with 17.3% 22.4% 20.9% 34.2% no diploma Population ages 25+ with no 13.9% 17.6% 27.1% 20.4% diploma Population ages 25+ with at 26.4% 18.1% 9.3% 14.7% least a bachelor's degree Local Resources - In Fort Meade, After-School Adventures will partner Lewis-Anna Woodbury Elementary with HELP of Ft. Meade and READ Polk. HELP of Ft. Meade is a volunteer organization providing support services for East Area Adult School classes at the Riverside Center. The civic group enjoys strong church support and provides emergency financial assistance, a food pantry and thrift store, educational and social services. READ Polk recruits and trains reading tutors and pairs them with adults who wish to learn to read well enough to function at work and in life. Both HELP of Ft. Meade and the Farmworkers programs can guide eligible clients through paperwork for public assistance, including food stamps. We will help our families connect with these resources. At another after-school center with a similarly disadvantaged, Hispanic-dominated population, we dealt with a boy who begged the principal not to suspend him from school because he would go hungry until he could return. In Winter Haven, After-School Adventures will partner Garner Elementary with the adjacent Parent Resource Center, and with Winter Haven PEP (Public Education Partnership). A business group, PEP's mission states, "Through advocacy, community engagement, and collaborative partnerships PEP commits to assure that Winter public schools are Haven’s unequaled in quality, relevance, and student performance. Needs to be Addressed Our identified needs are 1) improved student achievement to – lessen risk of dropping out; 2) skills and motivation for healthy interpersonal behavior and to increase feelings of efficacy; and 3) a safe place to be after school for children from fragile
Nearly one in four local adults did not graduate from high school or earn a GED degree. Table 1: Education Levels of Adults Florida Polk Zip Code 33841 (Lewis-A.Woodbury) Zip Code 33881 (Garner) Population ages 18-24 with no diploma 17.3% 22.4% 20.9% 34.2% Population ages 25+ with no diploma 13.9% 17.6% 27.1% 20.4% Population ages 25+ with at least a bachelor's degree 26.4% 18.1% 9.3% 14.7% Local Resources - In Fort Meade, After-School Adventures will partner Lewis-Anna Woodbury Elementary with HELP of Ft. Meade and READ Polk. HELP of Ft. Meade is a volunteer organization providing support services for East Area Adult School classes at the Riverside Center. The civic group enjoys strong church support and provides emergency financial assistance, a food pantry and thrift store, educational and social services. READ Polk recruits and trains reading tutors and pairs them with adults who wish to learn to read well enough to function at work and in life. Both HELP of Ft. Meade and the Farmworkers programs can guide eligible clients through paperwork for public assistance, including food stamps. We will help our families connect with these resources. At another after-school center with a similarly disadvantaged, Hispanic-dominated population, we dealt with a boy who begged the principal not to suspend him from school because he would go hungry until he could return. In Winter Haven, After-School Adventures will partner Garner Elementary with the adjacent Parent Resource Center, and with Winter Haven PEP (Public Education Partnership). A business group, PEP's mission states, "Through advocacy, community engagement, and collaborative partnerships PEP commits to assure that Winter Haven’s public schools are unequaled in quality, relevance, and student performance. Needs to be Addressed – Our identified needs are 1) improved student achievement to lessen risk of dropping out; 2) skills and motivation for healthy interpersonal behavior and to increase feelings of efficacy; and 3) a safe place to be after school for children from fragile
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