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c) By June 2017, Navigators and Volunteers for Youth will match up to 25 FSA students with a <br /> mentor. <br /> d) By April 2017, KidSCope and El Futuro, in coordination with FSA backbone staff, will <br /> recommend a standard protocol that Navigators can use to identify and refer children and <br /> their families for behavioral health services and will provide training on use of the protocol. <br /> e) By June 2017, El Futuro will have expanded mental health services supporting school-aged <br /> children during the 2016-17 school year by providing approximately 140 behavioral health <br /> assessment and treatment visits to Spanish-speaking children and their families, preferably <br /> at Zone schools and other sites. <br /> Indicator 2: Increase middle school attendance. <br /> Hawn 3rep_ <br /> a) By February 2017, FSA backbone staff will work with OCS and CHCCS to compile attendance <br /> data for 2015-16 on each zone, including absenteeism, truancy court use rates, the number <br /> of FSA students who are chronically absent or utilize truancy court, and any data available on <br /> factors contributing to absenteeism. <br /> b) By February 2018, FSA backbone staff, OCS and CHCCS will collaborate to examine "what's <br /> working" and identify possible solutions to truancy issues identified above after compiling <br /> and analyzing data on absenteeism and truancy court use for 2016-17, identifying trends, <br /> and conducting key informant interviews with school social workers to explore factors that <br /> contribute to absenteeism. Data and findings will be presented to the FSA Advisory Council. <br /> Goal 3: Youth graduate from high school and college. <br /> *Action steps for Goal 3 will be determined by June 2017. <br /> Goal 4: Families and neighborhoods support the healthy <br /> development of children. <br /> Indicator 1: Increase the # and % of parents/caregivers who report reading three <br /> or more times per week to their kids. <br /> Action Steps <br /> a) By April 2017, the Orange County and Chapel Hill public libraries will develop a system to <br /> ensure incoming kindergarten students in the four target zone elementary schools have a <br /> library card within two months of starting school. <br /> b) By June 2017, FSA backbone staff, OCPYC, Orange County Literacy Council, and UNC <br /> Pediatrics will promote expansion of the each Out and Rea( program to two new <br /> pediatricians serving zone families and ensure appropriate referrals to community supports. <br /> c) By August 2017, Chapel Hill Public School Foundation, Orange County Literacy Council, the <br /> libraries, IFC, and community partners plan for, document, and facilitate the expansion of <br /> zone-based and evidence-based reading programs in locations families naturally gather such <br /> 5 <br />