Supporting Children Outside of School, P-12

Support Children Outside of School, P-12

The Support Children In and Out of School group focuses on PK-12 student activities outside school. It aims to create a community vision, strategy and reporting mechanism to ensure that youth and their families are connected to the resources and information they need to succeed educationally. Specific areas of work and evaluation include:

  1. Ready by 21 Quality Counts and Educational Efforts
  2. Community school models
  3. Summer learning
  4. Parent and family engagement
  5. Health issues—physical, emotional, and mental
  6. After school in Indianapolis
  7. Out of school—alternative schools, dropout/push-out issues, and suspensions/expulsions

Support Children Outside K-12 Annotated Bibliography
Research that the Support Children Outside of School Working Group has accomplished has led us to these articles. Useful in our research and understanding, we think you'll find them useful too.

Support Children Outside of School Working Group Members

Name Organization
Jill Bradley-Levine University of Indianapolis
John Brandon Marion County Commission on Youth
Carolyn Brown VP, Indianapolis Private Industry Council
Hannah Cowles School of Social Work
Charlie Feldhaus School of Engineering and Technology
Carolyn Gentle-Genitty (Co-Chair) School of Social Work
Jay Geshay United Way of Indianapolis
Lamont Hulse Making Connections Indianapolis
Christina Mushi-Brunt Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Starla Officer Office of Neighborhood Partnerships
Kim Preston Mayor Ballard's Office
Karega Rausch Office of the Mayor- Charter Schools
Paula Richter (Co-Chair) Concord Neighborhood Center
Mark Russell Indianapolis Urban League
Debbie Zippes Indiana Afterschool Network