Education: Provide a 21st Century Education
The world in which we live demands an entirely new perspective and a new approach. Teaching and learning must include a strong emphasis on academic content and real world connections as well as employability skills.
Goal 1: Children enter kindergarten ready to succeed.
Goal 2: Children achieve 4th grade literacy upon grade completion.
Goal 3: Youth make successful transitions from high school into the workforce or college.
Income: Achieve Economic Stability and Resiliency
Asset building and access to supportive services will provide a pathway for individuals and families to move towards economic stability.
Goal 1: Youth have the knowledge, skills and confidence to be financially competent.
Goal 2: Adults build savings and gain and sustain assets.
Goal 3: Older adults gain and maintain financial protection, defense and stability.
Health: Healthy People, Healthy Communities
Health impacts every aspect of a person’s daily life. A supportive environment, access to healthcare, choosing a healthy lifestyle and related behaviors all influence individual health.
Goal 1: Optimal wellness at every stage of life.
Goal 2: Health care access and coverage.
Goal 3: Advance quality of life for older adults.
Basic Human Needs: Community Safety Net
Individuals and families that have little can quickly reach a crisis state as a result of major or minor catastrophes. Maintaining a basic safety net for all allows them to move from crisis to self-sufficiency.
Goal 1: Provide food, shelter, clothing, access to health care and emergency assistance.
Goal 2: Community wide health and human services information and referral system to appropriately direct individuals to needed resources
