Introduction

Every Child Has Access

Today, schools are faced with a plethora of challenges from making sure students are fed when they are not on campus, to health and safety concerns, to kids having kids. Creating an environment for students to be successful begins by discovering, understanding, and knowing their critical needs. Based on those critical needs, it then involves determining pathways that ensure students have the skills necessary to succeed. To solve this complex situation will require convening key stakeholders, creating strategies, leveraging resources, and activating the community. In short, it calls for a multi-pronged approach with various partners.

True transformation in our education system begins with understanding, and understanding comes from knowing the needs of our student population. The Longview Chamber of Commerce has created an initiative – Every Child Has Access – to convene partnerships which can meet those individually identified needs.

Every Child Has Access is a collective impact project that will address the overall well-being of students during non-school hours in an effort to create a continuous environment conducive to learning and health.

Introduction.......................................... Pre-K - Kindergarten...................... Elementary............................................ Middle School........................................ High School............................................ Community Resource Chart........... Resource Directory............................. 3 4 7 8 10 12 14 Table of Contents