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Our work is guided by a five-year strategic plan for Montgomery County, Maryland.
Planning Brighter Futures for Children, Youth and Families, FY 2007 – 2012 provides key strategies in each concentration area we cover.
Key Strategies for Youth Development
In Montgomery County, 164,000 children are enrolled in public schools. These children come from 160 countries and speak 130 different languages.
Almost 20,000 of the county’s children were born outside the U.S. More than 12,000 are enrolled in English classes for speakers of other languages. One in every four students receives free and reduced price meals. More than 17,000 students receive special education services. The following strategies were selected to address their needs:
Strategy 1: Increase the availability of after-school and out-of-school activities
Strategy 2: Increase the availability of behavioral health prevention, education and treatment services
Strategy 3: Increase the number and availability of school and community-based collaborative sites and services to address social, economic, health, and emotional issues of children, youth and their families
Strategy 4: Increase access to adolescent reproductive health information and services for teens and their families
Strategy 5: Increase youth attachment and connectedness with school
Strategy 6: Increase availability of parent information and support services that are culturally sensitive and linguistically appropriate
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