Problem Description

Building Blocks

• Implementing the “ABC Plus” model for graduation success
• Providing Education Specialists
• Implementing University of Minnesota's Check and Connect methodology
• Leveraging auxiliary services and partners to provide integrative care
• Using the power of incentives to drive participation
• Tracking Proven, Goal-Specific KPIs
• Establishing a sound business plan with the Altruist Partners framework

Story

Treehouse’s (the organization behind this solution) mission is to provide foster kids a childhood and a future. It was founded in 1988 by social workers who saw the deprivation often faced by children in foster care. After successful initiatives around provisions (toys, clothes, school supplies) and extracurricular activities, Treehouse on is 25th anniversary is now focussing on education and specifically graduation rates from high school. This new program, called Graduation Success, sets a goal of having foster kids graduate at the same rate as their peers with a plan for the their future, by 2017.

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Resources

• Treehouse Summary PDF

  A document detailing the history of the Treehouse Graduation Success program, its mission, and it's goals moving forward.

• Business Plan Concepts

Organisations Involved

• Treehouse

Contributed By

• Lynda Hall, Treehouse

Solution Stage

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