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This is a great example of what schools and school districts should be doing to enhance safety and emergency preparedness. The foundation to any successful school safety and emergency preparedness program is strong, robust collaborative groups that evolve over time. Quick knee-jerk meetings to address a right now emergency crisis is not preparedness - it is response. Only over time with consistent meetings/exercises can a group of first responders, school officials, and community members make a difference. If your school leadership cannot articulate clearly what the foundation is for your school safety and emergency preparedness program, then you do not have a foundation to build from. The foundation is certainly not safety/security technology systems. It is collaborative groups like what North Shore School District and their community put together. It took a solid 5 years to nurture and develop Irvine’s Emergency Preparedness Interagency Collaborative. It started as an Irvine USD grass roots effort in 2014 and took off after a firm foundation was established by the founding members. Check out our safety and emergency preparedness efforts today at EPICIrvine.org. Invest quality time to develop your own safety/EM foundation.

Top Neighborhoods in Surrey for Young Professionals: Wally and Guilford Discover the best neighborhoods in Surrey for young professionals, including Wally and Guilford. Learn about the great transit options, abundant employment opportunities, and thriving commerce centers that make these areas ideal for career starters. Find out why Wally and Guilford are top choices for relocation in Surrey. #SurreyLiving #YoungProfessionals #WallyNeighborhood #GuilfordNeighborhood #TransitOptions #EmploymentOpportunities #CommerceCenter #SurreyCommunity #CareerStarters #RelocationTips

Young people transitioning from #FosterCare to adulthood benefit from extra support to reach their education, career, and housing goals. The NYC Fair Futures Program is a citywide initiative responding to this need by connecting young people to coaches, tutors, and specialists who provide targeted support. It’s grown to include 25 foster care agencies and serve nearly 4,000 young people. New York's Administration for Children's Services and Youth + Families Forward asked Chapin Hall researchers to evaluate this program’s implementation:  https://lnkd.in/gtgWs9yF. Here are some top findings: ☑️ Youth appear to be centered in the program framework  ☑️ Training was extremely helpful for agencies’ staff  ☑️ An effective feedback loop has been established to address challenges and improve program implementation

What does it take to create a transformative workforce development program? In Alabama, it takes a village—or rather, 19 state agencies, a coalition of employers, nonprofit groups, education and training providers, and labor-market data platforms. They’ve all united for a single purpose: to bridge education to employment in unprecedented ways. It’s collaboration at its finest, and it’s setting Alabama apart as a national leader. This is about Alabama investing in itself, its people, and its future. This partnership is breathing life into the potential of the workforce, turning possibilities into a concrete action plan. It’s not just a policy; it’s a promise to every Alabamian. Check out this article from The Job Bee Hiiv: https://lnkd.in/g-uStjad #Enrollment #Education #SkillsBased #Workforce #AlTalentTriad

“The goal is to make changes along the way that benefit the community as a whole: things that are short-term, mid-term, and long-term. So short term, we've done some community events, we're planning our second major event—a Kids Fest that's coming up in September. Since 2020, there's a feeling of ‘we want to do things as a community’ and that feeling was what led to the tree lighting ceremony in December. We've hired a code enforcement officer, not nearly as exciting to talk about but absolutely necessary. We instituted some things internally that I felt would be more fair to the residents, like providing reminders for water bills, for instance. Mid-term improvements would be looking at staffing, and we've done tremendously well with hiring public safety officers. Staffing public safety is a challenge that every municipality across the country is trying to fix, but our full staff is eight and we now have seven. It wasn't at that number when I first hired and I'm very proud to say we're almost full because of how important that department is and how supportive the community is of our public safety. Long-term, we are working on economic development. When I grew up, I would ride my bike down the street, I would go to a local shop there, buy baseball cards. A developer drove through and said, ‘Wow, this feels like a Hallmark community, everybody's walking, everybody's waving at you.’ People want to be part of that, so we’re working with Bay Future. They’ve got a good, strategic process over there and we’ve got a follow-up meeting soon to talk about how to recruit more businesses here. Those are long-term changes and not overnight, but we'll get there. If folks want to contact me, I'm very available. You can call 989-893-2441, email me at [email protected], or stop by City Hall. I'm not hard to find– just look for the bald guy wearing a Michigan "M'' somewhere. —Craig Goulet, Essexville City Manager #heybaycity #baycity #baycitymichigan #michiganjob #michigancareers #baycounty #baycountymichigan #youngprofessional #intern