Pathway for Children and Education

The City has engaged children’s organizations, non-profits, schools and others to work together to equip the more than 2,500 youth who currently live in Parramore with the skills and education necessary to grow up strong, healthy and well-educated.

Parramore Kidz Zone

The Parramore Kidz Zone project (PKZ), connects Parramore youth with essential services education and opportunities and aims to lower teenage pregnancy, juvenile crime and child abuse rates and increase the students’ school performance.

Accomplishment

Broad range of new programs launched or scaled up since 2006 including:

Six free tutoring sites;
Comprehensive pre-kindergarten programs, including childcare subsidies, Head Start, and the PKZ Baby Institute (modeled after the HCZ Baby College);
Comprehensive youth development programming including: teen facilities, youth employment, college access, community service opportunities, educational and cultural experiences, leadership development, and high school graduation programs;
Comprehensive health and wellness programs; and
Enhanced access to out-of-school time care for children of all ages.

Since PKZ’s launch in 2006, data shows:

Improved Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) math and reading scores for Parramore’s elementary, middle and high school students.
An 81.3% decline in the juvenile arrest rate in Parramore.
In 2010, PKZ was named Florida’s first Children’s Initiative by the Ounce of Prevention Fund of Florida.

City Kidz! Buddy’s Benefit for Children

Since 2004, Mayor Dyer’s signature event, CityKidz! Buddy’s Benefit for Children, has raised more than $1.8 million from the community for youth programming, including the PKZ program.

Community Coordinated Care for Children, Inc. (4C)C)

Since 2005, the City has provided a total of more than $875,000 to Community Coordinated Care for Children, Inc. (4C) which provides child care assistance for working families in Parramore. The City has expanded the 4C guidelines to benefit parents/caregivers who are seeking employment, job training, education or are facing emergencies. As result of City funds and the programs expansion, all Parramore children previously on the waiting list now have access to child care.

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For more information please contact the Parramore Kidz Zone Office at 407.292.6500 or visit at 649 W. Livingston Street, Orlando, FL 32801

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