TOGETHER!
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Mission Statement
TOGETHER! Mission: TOGETHER! advances the health and wellbeing of all young people. TOGETHER! Vision: All young people are supported, healthy, safe and valued. TOGETHER! Core Values: Equity. All people deserve social, health and educational equity. Mobilization. We mobilize families, schools and the community to solve community problems. Systems Change. We lead and support change across sectors to serve the needs of the whole child
About This Cause
Community Engagement: TOGETHER! works collaboratively with community partners such as schools, local governments, faith-based groups, and more to support youth and families in the community. Youth and adults volunteer and partner with us as we lead and participate in coalitions across the state to plan and implement community prevention and education events, campaigns and more. We support our staff and volunteers, both youth and adult, in attending trainings and conferences, planning events and engaging in Thurston Thrives collective impact public health activities. Funding for these efforts came from federal, state and tribal sources. Our youth engagement efforts empower students to identify and address the problems facing their communities through school and community events, presentations, public service announcements, etc. Community coalitions meet to promote health and resilience; coalition work to prevent and reduce underage alcohol and other substance use in rural Thurston County communities enables us to implement evidence-based parenting classes, community norms campaigns, youth group activities, family engagement events, and more. Finally, we compile, publish and distribute a detailed Family Resource Guide of Thurston County which is used by families and social services throughout the area. Youth Development: Community Center, After School and Summer Programs This fiscal period, TOGETHER! operated a year-round Community Center as well as 3 after-school program sites that operate during part of the summer as well. . Through these programs we provide services and supports for low-income and high-need youth and families. At the after-school programs and the community center, children receive tutoring and homework help, and participate in activities that further their social, emotional and cognitive development in a safe, supportive environment with appropriate mentors and role models. Youth learn new skills; demonstrate an increase in positive social behaviors; experience greater academic success in school; and learn skills, attitudes and behaviors to be healthy and resilient. We also managed Community Schools at seven schools in Tumwater, leveraging diverse partnerships to increase school attendance and reduce the risk of drop-out. For the period July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017, TOGETHER!’s youth development programs served over 1,000 youth and adults, offering thousands of hours of programs and services. Depending on the specific program, performance is measured in a variety of ways including through examining shared school-level data, participant surveys and focus groups, parent and teachers surveys, participant counts, and other data. These programs look at both quantitative and qualitative data and register marked improvements in math, reading, science, writing, spelling, social skills and more. Program Support-- Rural Transportation: To help provide access to services for economically disadvantaged families, TOGETHER! provides fiscal services for the Rural Transportation project. The Rural Transportation project expands transportation services into rural areas for low-income, elderly and/or persons with disabilities to improve their access to needed services. It also provides access to after-school programs that improve students' academic and social skills. Health Promotions: Through tobacco prevention campaigns and outreach, as well as through school- and-community- based health campaigns, TOGETHER! promotes healthy norms, attitudes and beliefs, helping to improve the health of South Sound kids and families. Our high school education campaigns reach students with positive normative messages that are proven to prevent and reduce student substance abuse. These campaigns run in 11 area schools including 9 high schools, one middle school and one junior-senior high school, reaching more than 10,000 students each year. Each year results differ, but consistently from year to year we see positive results in each school. Examples of such results include significant reductions in tobacco, alcohol and/or marijuana use, reductions in students reporting they turned in school work late or performed poorly on tests because of substance abuse, reductions in students reporting they got in trouble with law enforcement because of substance abuse, etc.