Move Up the PACE:

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Move Up the PACE Parent and Child
EnrichmentRCCI Project Coastal Bend
College Kingsville, Texas
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Just west of the Gulf of Mexico, in an area
called the Wild Horse Desert by early settlers,
Kingsvilles historic King Ranch was established
in 1853 by Captain Richard King. It remains a
working ranch today.
The Kingsville Convention and Visitors Bureau
says, Whether you've come to hunt, fish, explore
nature or history, or just enjoy a quieter pace,
join us - 
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Lobby
Multipurpose Room
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Evolution of PACEParent and Child Enrichment

• Co-hosted community focus forums with
  Kleberg- Kenedy County Cooperative Extension
• Identified major issues in community/county-
  1) adult literacy 2) early childhood
  education 3) lack of marketable skills
• Brought together community partners with
  expertise in solutions/overcoming barriers
• Developed conceptual framework
• Built program specifics
• Secured funding

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PACEParent and Child Enrichment

• Purpose Goals
• Empower
• Kingsville/Kleberg
• County Families
• Literacy/GED
• Job skills/life skills
• Child Enrichment
• Job Search

Target Audience Kingsville Housing Authority
Families
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PACE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
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Role of PACE Project Partners
Coastal Bend College Kleberg County Adult
Literacy Council Smart Planet Childrens
CenterKingsville Housing Authority
Kleberg-Kenedy Cooperative Extension Worksource
The Source of OpportunityAlice ISD Adult
Education Center
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PACE Timeline

• April 11-September 12, 2005 Implement first
  round
• with participants from selected KHA
  resident families.
• 2. September-October, 2005 Gather assessment
  data
• 3. September-December, 2005 Expand referral
  process to
• all KHA family service recipients.
• 4. October, 2005 Evaluation of first round
  outcomes.
• 5. October-December, 2005 Use evaluation
  results to
• make changes if necessary.
• 6. January-May, 2006 Implement second round,
  produce
• written project model.
• 7.Throughout Secure additional funding.

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PACE Assessments Outcomes Round One

• Job Skills/Life Skills
• Pre and post-test results showed 9 increase
  in knowledge.
• Largest gains in questions related to workplace
  honesty and co-worker relations.
• 3 High degree of success in stressing role of
  attitude in job performance.
• 4. Less success in understanding significance of
  attendance.
• 5. Added parenting component for round two based
  on recommendation from child enrichment partner.

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PACE Assessments Outcomes Round One

• GED Prep/Literacy Component
• TABE Locator Test at beginning to measure
  reading math and language skills. Results
  indicated most were at Adult Literacy level in
  all areas (1.9-5.9 grade equivalent).
• PLATO learning system used for GED prep and
  literacy to add a non stressful computer-based
  experience. PLATO contains 335 modules and the
  group mastered from 5 to 34 of the modules.
• Ninety percent completed first round of 40 GED
  prep/literacy hours with 100 increasing content
  mastery to some degree. One had serious
  attendance issues and was withdrawn.

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PACE Assessments Outcomes Round One

• Child Enrichment Component
• 5 years and under
• Communication gaps with state-required
  documentation.
• Nutrition-based need identified
• Activities Included letter, color, shape, and
  number recognition and connection music and
  movement rhyming and syllables
• Identified vocal skills as area of most
  advancement.

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Funding Sources

• Grants
• Brookshire Foundation 2,500
• Kleberg County Adult
• Literacy Council 1,000
• United Way of the Coastal
• Bend 1,200
• Southern RCCI Competitive
• Grants Program 10,000
• Coastal Bend Community
• Foundation 9,000
• Incentives
• Coastal Bend Family 4-H
• Schlumberger
• Athena-Kingsville Womens Club
• Chilis and other local restaurants
• Interested individuals

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PACE Round Two In Progress

• Referral process refined to include newspaper
  announcements, meetings with potential
  participants.
• KHA facilitated early completion of Smart Planet
  Childrens Center documentation at KHA center.
• Transportation arrangements.
• Changes in orientation format/PLATO included.
• Round one participants can continue.
• TABE Assessment indicates that of 17
  participants, 5 at ABE in all areas, 5 at
  literacy level in all areas, 7 results varied.

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Move Up the PACERCCI Project Coastal Bend
College Kingsville, Texas