Educate Tomorrow

Since 2017, Educate Tomorrow has been successfully funded as the Family Neighborhood Support Program (FNSP) lead for young people involved in or at risk of involvement in the child welfare system.  Through this program, we endeavor to continue to build an even more robust collaborative and community of support to operate the countywide network that aims to serve:

• young people who have been in foster care;
• children (0-15) with their families and youth (16-22) who are experiencing unstable housing, economic hardships, incarceration, food insecurity, health issues or children who are out of school; and,
• students pursuing alternative education programs. 

This partnership is designed to support the child welfare system, and/or those at risk of entering the child welfare system by uniting community partnerships in a coordinated, accessible and individualized manner.  This program serves participants, ages 0-22, on a rolling admissions, tiered approach, model to assist young people in achieving short, medium and long-term goals/needs. Participants have an individualized success plan for their academic/life needs to be coordinated by Educate Tomorrow and our referral partners for emergency support for legal consultation/advocacy, health and wellness, employment, housing, academic support, permanency or other support to increase overall family well-being and growth. 

Educate Tomorrow partners with Miami Dade County Public Schools, Citrus Family Care Network (lead agency, child welfare system, Miami-Dade County), Miami Dade College, The One at University City, FIU and our paid/unpaid partners. 

Youth Enrichment Programs for 13 to 22 year olds

Program Name: Educate Tomorrow Youth Enrichment and Field Academy

Educate Tomorrow, in partnership with Miami Dade College (MDC), offers services any youth ages 13-17 and to 18-22 year olds that have been involved in the child welfare system, are experiencing homelessness or have a disability. Other eligibility criteria include being currently enrolled MDC, Florida International University, a vocational school; attending an accredited GED programs; or being a middle or high school student. During the academic/school year, the program has 50 slots and 25 slots are available during the summer. The program focuses on academic attainment, life skills development and employment. 

Each week during the academic year, students access services at MDC Kendall, North and Wolfson campuses, and near the main FIU campus.  During the summer, participants engage in a college-readiness program or earn opportunities for paid internships and access to mentors to assist them in gainful employment and social-emotional learning and must engage for at least 90 hours. During the full academic year and summer, most college students are also supported through a scholarship program that provides funding for emergency and support purposes. Many of our participants are foster youth or former foster youth, so they earn a monthly stipend (PESS) if they are enrolled in 9 college credits or working for the equivalent amount of time. 

There are two cohorts during the summer and 2 during the academic year. During the Academic year, cohort 1 is the college students (18-23) and cohort 2 is middle school and high school students. During the summer, cohort 1 is again the college students/interns and cohort 2 is high school students. 

Youth Enrichment Programs for 6-12 year olds

Program Name: Field Academy

Educate Tomorrow administers a contract from The Children's Trust providing services with the program name being called Field Academy.  Each of the 30 students will receive social-emotional learning, literacy, homework assistance, physical fitness and differentiated learning, when applicable, and in accordance with CDC, federal state and local health and government officials. If children or families are in need of supports beyond the scope of this contract, Educate Tomorrow is positioned to support them or find the appropriate resources through the Service Partnership, Unite Miami, or other sources.