Broome County Promise Zone Analysis
Broome County Promise Zone is the 5th ever Promise Zone to be developed in New York State. As of 2017, there are 17 states that have a Promise Zone program in place. The major forces that pushed for the development of a Promise Zone in Broome County are Broome County Mental Health, BT BOCES (Broome Tioga BOCES) and Binghamton University. The application to start a Promise Zone in Broome county arose from the work being done by two federal initiatives: “The SHARE project, a Safe Schools, Healthy Students grant and the KYDs Coalition, a Drug Free Community grant” (Promise Zone, 2017). All of the different organizations involved sought to work together towards the common goal of helping students in high-risk circumstances to become successful.
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Broome county Promise Zone serves families in suburban, urban, and rural families living within Broome County. Promise Zone’s long-term goal is to use the community school model throughout all of the schools in Broome County. This means it that the school and the community work together to give students and families access to resources, such as housing, charities, and counseling to help better their lives. Promise Zone’s mission is to: “to build a countywide system of community schools and support all children, families, and neighborhoods in pursuit of success in school, work, and in life.” (Promise Zone, 2017). Promise Zone’s short-term goal is to help students and families to be aware of all of the opportunities that are offered to them within their own …show more content…
Singhs created a model for people who are working with LGBT people of color. Singhs found that when working with the LGBT people of color it is best to use a Resilience-Based Model (2010). Singhs discovered many of the LGBT people of color are aware of the higher levels of marginalization they suffer compared to heterosexual people of color (2010). In order for the model to work, however the LBGT person of color must be ready to acknowledge their marginalization and work to move past it (Singhs 2010). Singhs also discovered that one of the biggest contributing factors to the added marginalization was a lack of understanding within both the people of color community and the LGBT white communities
Broome county Promise Zone serves families in suburban, urban, and rural families living within Broome County. Promise Zone’s long-term goal is to use the community school model throughout all of the schools in Broome County. This means it that the school and the community work together to give students and families access to resources, such as housing, charities, and counseling to help better their lives. Promise Zone’s mission is to: “to build a countywide system of community schools and support all children, families, and neighborhoods in pursuit of success in school, work, and in life.” (Promise Zone, 2017). Promise Zone’s short-term goal is to help students and families to be aware of all of the opportunities that are offered to them within their own …show more content…
Singhs created a model for people who are working with LGBT people of color. Singhs found that when working with the LGBT people of color it is best to use a Resilience-Based Model (2010). Singhs discovered many of the LGBT people of color are aware of the higher levels of marginalization they suffer compared to heterosexual people of color (2010). In order for the model to work, however the LBGT person of color must be ready to acknowledge their marginalization and work to move past it (Singhs 2010). Singhs also discovered that one of the biggest contributing factors to the added marginalization was a lack of understanding within both the people of color community and the LGBT white communities