Community EPIC Stakeholder Groups
site hosted by
Bob Shipman
Community Organizer
William Penn EPIC Stakeholders group
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groups.google.com/group/wm-...akeholders

Community EPIC Stakeholder Groups are made up of individuals who live and/or work in a community and are actively involved in the continued development of that community including eradicating challenges to school attendance and performance. Recognizing that truancy is generally a symptom of other problems occurring for the family such as of poverty, lack of family cohesion, child abuse/neglect, community violence and/or behavioral and physical health problems, stakeholder groups are committed to addressing challenges facing the community.

There are ten stakeholder groups located throughout Philadelphia that are facilitated by truancy prevention provider agencies. They meet monthly and utilize a process called Equal Partnership In Change (EPIC) to develop and implement action plans that complement and enhance the community's assets. They also have the opportunity to receive community development funds and technical assistance and training to facilitate, organize, develop and implement action plans.

What do EPIC stakeholders do?

* Attend and support various community meetings and events
* Facilitate the development of pro-active relationships between informal and formal support networks in the neighborhood.
* Actively advocate for school attendance
* Build partnerships between community residents, the family court, law enforcement and the school district
* Identify, organize, enhance and utilize community resources and assets
* Identify and support the informal support network
* Develop programs that reduce and eradicate the challenges to school attendance
* Provide individual support to families of truant children
* Develop proposals for community development funds
* Attend trainings in team building, budget development and action planning


Groups and Facilitators

There are ten stakeholder groups in Philadelphia:

Northeast


West Philadelphia


Southwest Philadelphia


William Penn


North Central


Northwest

Kensington

South Philadelphia


Hunting Park


Logan/Olney


Contact Information:
For more information or to join a stakeholder group in your community, call 215-683-4026 or 215-683-4027

· Achieving Independence Center
· Crisis Nurseries
· Delinquency Prevention
· Diversion Case Management Services
· Family Partnership Program
· Intensive Services for Compromised Care Givers
· Outcomes and Reports
· Parenting Guide
· Parenting Programs
· Policies and Protocols
· Prevention Glossary
· Prevention Powerpoint
· School Linked Behavioral Healthcare
· Teen Court
· Truancy Prevention Programs
· Welcome to the Community Based Prevention Home Page
· Who We Are - Prevention
· Y-HEP Drop-in Center
· Youth Programs

Each Group is recruiting Jr. Stakeholder members

http://stakeholders.tribe.net