FRYSC
Mission
The mission of the Cumberland
County Family Resource & Youth Services Center is to enhance students’
abilities to succeed in school by developing and sustaining partnerships
that promote: early learning and successful transition into school,
academic achievement and well being and graduation and transition into
adult life.
FRYSC Goals
The goal of the Cumberland
County Family Resource & Youth Services Center is to coordinate the
resources of the community to address the individualized needs of
children and their families who reside in the Cumberland County School
District. The program is a partnership of education and human
service systems with the focus on early intervention and prevention
The center will serve any family regardless of social, ethnic and/or
socioeconomic status.
Components of FRYSC
The Kentucky Family Resource and Youth
Services Centers were established as a component of the historic
Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) of 1990. The mission of these
school-based centers is to help academically at-risk students succeed in
school by helping to minimize or eliminate noncognitive barriers to
learning.
FRYSCs are strengthened by community
partnerships in their ability to provide vital programs, services and
referrals to students and their families. These partnerships are
critical in efforts on behalf of students to promote:
early learning and successful transition to
school;
academic achievement and well-being; and
graduation and transition into adult life.
Each center offers a unique blend of
programs and services to serve the special needs of their student and
family client populations. The goal of the FRYSCs is to meet the needs
of all children and their families served by the centers as a means to
enhance student academic success.
On April 15, 2008, Gov. Steve Beshear signed
Senate Bill 192 into law, allowing changes to the FRYSC core components
as listed below.
Family Resource Centers serve children
through age 12 and coordinate
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preschool child care;
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after-school child day care;
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families in training;
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family literacy services; and,
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health services and referrals.
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Youth Services Centers serve students
older than 12 and coordinate
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referrals to health and social services;
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career exploration and development;
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summer and part-time job development
(high school only);
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substance abuse education and
counseling; and
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family crisis and mental health counseling.
