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Action Item
DATE: Tuesday, July 18, 2017
TO: School Board Members
FROM: Jeff Eakins, Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
Approve Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Between PACE Reach Counseling Services and The School Board of Hillsborough County, Florida (HCPS) (Educational Access, Opportunity, and Alternatives)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
PACE Reach Counseling Services and HCPS enter into this agreement as a collaboration between both parties to provide needed services and to coordinate referred youth with in-school and at-home outpatient services.  The goal of this collaboration is to provide seamless support to referred youth in order to increase the youth's functionality, their success in school and the community, and contribute to reducing the Hillsborough County juvenile recidivism rates.  Youth who meet the referral criteria will be in grades 6 through 8, at select schools, who are displaying risk factors such as but not limited to academic underachievement, runaway, truancy, family conflict, ungovernable behavior, or mental health issues. This MOU will begin on July 19, 2017 and end June 30, 2018.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
• Improve the high school graduation rate • Provide a student-centered learning environment that engages every child • Develop a culture of respect, trust, and collaboration • Demonstrate "best practices" in all aspects of safety: student, employee, visitor, facility, transportation, and health
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted:  No)
PACE Center for Girls, Inc., will provide these services at no cost to HCPS.
EVALUATION
Program services are reviewed by a management team.  This team will review outcome data quarterly and annually on all students served.  Input will also be solicited from the administrators of the participating schools.
SUBMITTED BY: 
Wynne A. Tye, Assistant Superintendent   Van Ayres
Educational Access, Opportunity, and Alternatives
(813) 273-7033
  Deputy Superintendent
(813) 272-4895
    C 2.01
Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20170718_816 (Board Meeting) * Section C Item# 2.01