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SOL Program
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SOL makes big promises—and it keeps them.
SOL – Success - Opportunity - Leadership – is a school-based program that supports the success of at-risk youth ages 8 to 13, while keeping them away from drugs and delinquency. More than just an afterschool program, the key to SOL’s effectiveness is its intensive services. Each child is matched to a case manager who becomes a supportive and consistent presence in his/her life. Case managers work with families, too, connecting parents with needed services, as well as their child’s school.
SOL's broad services focus on prevention and early intervention:
- Case management support
- Educational support, including tutoring/homework assistance and other afterschool activities
- Mentoring
- Recreation, cultural events, life-skills and leadership development
- Family services include counseling, parenting skills training and identification and treatment of substance abuse
- Community policing services engage officers in more frequent patrols around participating schools and makes them familiar with enrolled children and families
- Advocacy and intervention on behalf of youth involved in the juvenile justice system
Student Success Story
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Community Impact
- SOL serves 150 children along with their 137 families at five North Portland schools – James John, Rosa Parks and Sitton Elementaries, Cesar Chavez K-8, and George Middle School.
- At the end of its first year of operation, 78% of students enrolled in SOL showed improvement in math on standardized tests; 84% improved their reading scores.
