Next Steps from Meeting with Star House

Jill Gorz and Naima Illmi

The following brainstorming ideas came up during the recent meeting:

1. How can Ohio Colleges/Universities/Tech Schools better screen for former foster and/or homeless youth?
2.  How can available supports on Ohio campuses be woven together and also publicized to these at-need students?
3.  How can we map out the narrative to those in power about the importance of not just enrolling students of promise who lack family support, but also supporting their continued success in college (aka: retention?) 

We could start by inviting representatives from the Offices of Diversity and Inclusion (and perhaps other departments as well) to come together for a brainstorming roundtable to discuss.

Possible Dates: (it would be great to finalize a date and location ASAP - maybe CSCC?)
- Friday July 26
- Friday Aug. 9
- Friday Aug. 23
- Friday, Sept. 6
- Friday, Sept 20

Draft Attendee List: (we can keep adding to it) 

1. Ohio Department of Higher Education (formerly known as the Ohio Board of Regents) 
2.  Randy Gardner, Chancellor of the Department of Higher Education
3. Capital University Office of Diversity and Inclusion
4. Columbus State Scholar Network
5. OSU Office of Diversity and Inclusion
6. OSU Bell National Resource Center
7. Franklin University  
8. CCAD 
9. Otterbein  
10. Wright State ISSN 
11. Reach Scholars at Tri-C 
12. Reach program at Ohio University 
13. Reach program at Central State 
14. Star House 
15. ACTION Ohio 
16. Starfish Alliance 
17. Ashon McKenzie from the Children's Defense Fund of Ohio 
18. My Place 
19. Huckleberry House YOP Shop 
20. (we can keep adding to this list as needed) 

 Draft Agenda: 
*If this is a full-day event, we can include a break for "Lunch, on Your Own"

1. Welcome and Purpose 
2. Overview 
3. Speakers/Panel (representing both professional and "lived experience" expertise) 
4. Group Work by Tables 
5. Reporting out 
6. Next Steps for Implementation - Workgroups, Timelines 

Supplies Will Include: 

1. Packets for participants 
2. Flip Charts for each table
3. List of questions for each table