BUILDING BRIGHT FUTURES RESOURCES     

Healthy Futures
The Coordinated School Health Model is the framework for Healthy Futures.  The first two strategies include coordinated school health centers and comprehensive health literacy.

Student Engagement, Attendance and Service Learning

Student Engagement, Attendance & Service Learning is a collaboration between BBF and the University of Nebraska at Omaha working on five strategies, including attendance incentives programs, attendance media campaign, school refusal assessment survey, 40 Developmental Asset framework, and service learning.


ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Greater Omaha After School Alliance
http://www.omahaafterschool.org/


Online Literacy Activities
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/home 

Special Education Parent Resources
http://www.cec.sped.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

Parent Resources from Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/parents/landing.jhtml 

Talking with Kids about Tough Issues
http://www.talkingwithkids.org/

Advice and Resources for Parents
http://www.familyeducation.com/    

Support and Education for Parents
http://www.childsaving.org/     

Boys Town Parenting Resources
http://www.parenting.org/     

Children’s Hospital Parenting U
http://www.chsomaha.org/body.cfm?id=1762  

Kids Health Tips for Parents
http://kidshealth.org/parent/

American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org/      

Family Activities and Ideas  
http://family.go.com/entertainment/    

Resources for Fathers
http://www.fathers.com/ 

 

 

COMMUNITY CHALLENGE


Of the 3,500 children born into poverty each year, few will reach preschool or kindergarten ready to learn.



By the fourth grade, more than 1,000 students in the two-county area have not yet mastered basic reading skills and nearly 800 are below proficiency level in math.