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Final Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) SRFC Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative (SS/HS) Connections Grant Partners of Suburban Ramsey County I the ground by engaging, in ongoing, focus groups, parent and youth surveys, 2 parent/youth advisory councils, cultural leader advisory councils, low 3 income/subsidized housing, resident advisory boards (vii. Polynesian Village 4 Supportive Housing Partnership; Maple Pond Homes Supportive Housing Partnership, 5 Montreal Courts Supportive Housing Partnership and Cedar View Town Homes 6 Supportive Housing Partnership) and other dialogues to continue involving, students, 7 parents, families and community members in the design, implementation and 8 continuous improvement of SRFC and the continuum of care and to learn of and 9 address emergent needs in the Suburban Ramsey communities. 10 1.1 SRFC has changed circumstances in our communities from conditions of risk, to 12 conditions that protect. They have done this by diligently adhering to three key 13 principals: Reality-Testin2, Research and Results Accountabi 14 o talking to children, youth and their parents to determine what's important to them, 15 what their strengths and needs are and how we can help (Reality- Testing), 16 o combining their input with what research says works (Research) , and 17 o allocating human, financial and in-kind resources toward strategies that have the 18 best chance at making a Dositive, life-changing impact (Results o nt biltj) . 19 20 'YRFC Vision statement: "Suburban Ramsey County is a community were our cbildren 21 andyouth's safety, security, bealth and learning are a priority for all and no cbild 22 remains at risk. 91 23 24 Community Eninement 25 In December of 2005, these partners embarked on a social marketing campaign to engage 26 a larger, more diverse multi-sector and inter - generational partnership to bring awareness 27 to the ever growing needs of children, youth and families, the declining resources to meet 28 these needs and the urgency to make children and youth's health, learning, safety and 29 security a public priority in our communities. 130 children, youth, parents, policy 30 makers, practitioners and community members came to the event and 101 31 participants engaged in a discussion around how we can all work together to 32 support children, youth and families experiencing, at-risk circumstances and 33 conditions in our communities. This initiative is called "How are the Children?" It is 34 designed to engage, inform and mobilize multiple and diverse sectors of the community 35 including minority and majority voices and perspectives to develop into strong 36 community leaders that influence the public priorities in our communities. They will 37 form the How Are the Children Community Advisory Council (CAQ. Members will be 38 responsible for continuing to identify strengths, needs, problems and concerns and 39 recommend practical and comprehensive solutions that will aid in the improvement of all 40 children, youth and families lives in Suburban Ramsey County so as to ensure that no 41 child at risk. 42 44 wla�