A Powerful

Public-Private
Collaboration for
College & Career
Readiness

April 2014
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ECONOMIC
REVITALIZATION
Post-
Secondary
Completion
School
Reform and
Collaborative
Governance
Comprehensive
Support
100% Tuition
Scholarships
The Say Yes Theory of Change
Improved
Lducanon
Cutcomes
Sk|||ed
Workforce
& n|gher
Lmp|oyment
Larger
1ax 8ase
kes|denna|
Growth
keduced
Cr|me

A coherenL urban acuon agenda focused on a sLrong workforce, combaung poverLy and
lnvesung ln people as a means of advanclng resldenLs' soclal and economlc progress.

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Factors That Say Yes Considers
Crucial to Student Success

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25 months ago
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What was promised?
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What our Partnership Has
Accomplished To-Date
Raised more than $19 million
for college scholarships
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Say Yes Tuition Scholarships
can be used at 74 New York
State Colleges & Universities
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4 University Centers
(e.g., University at Buffalo)
9 Technology Colleges
(e.g., Environmental Science and
Forestry)
13 University Colleges
(e.g., Buffalo State)
36 Community Colleges
(e.g., ECC)
12 CUNY Senior Colleges
(e.g., Hunter College)
53 private colleges & universities
also provide tuition scholarships
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Class of 2013 high
school graduates
were the first eligible
for Say Yes Buffalo
scholarships.
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Economics of a College Degree
2011 Unemployment
Rates:
14.1% $23,452
$80,652
$65,676
$54,756
$39,936
$37,338
$33,176
$86,580
9.4%
8.7%
6.8%
4.9%
3.6%
2.5%
2.4%
Doctorate
Professional Degree
Masters
Bachelors
Associate
Some College
HS Diploma
No HS Diploma
2011 Median
Annual Earnings:
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2013
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for Say es
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BPS Graduated Class of 2013: Eligibility
Charter schools not included

2013 Say Yes Buffalo Scholars
1,SSS
students
(86)
146
students
(14)
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Class of 2013: 995 Scholars from charter &
public schools
903
students
(91)
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Where Students Enrolled
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Private Dollars Leverage Public Aid
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Tap & Pell Aid received by
Say Yes Buffalo Scholars
$930,000
Say Yes Buffalo
Scholarship Fund
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Private College Contributions
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Funding provided by private higher
education partners toward Say Yes
Buffalo Scholars Cost of Attendance at
their schools
$930,000
Say Yes Buffalo
Scholarship Fund
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Governance &
Community
Engagement
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Collaborative Governance Structure
Say es
8ua|o
Scho|arsh|p
8oard
CCMMUNI1
LLADLkSnI
CCUNCIL
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Community Leadership
Council Co-Chairs
Robert Bennett
Chancellor Emeritus
NYS Board of Regents
The Hon. Byron Brown
Mayor
City of Buffalo
Dr. Barbara Seals Nevergold
President
Buffalo Board of Education
Alphonso ONeil-White
Say Yes Buffalo Scholarship
Rich Tobe
Deputy County Executive
Erie County
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Operating Committee
Top, L-R: Sam Radford, President, District Parent Coordinating Council; Crystal Boling-Barton,
President Administrators Union; Dr. Richard Jurasek, President, Medaille College; Dr. Ellen Grant,
Deputy Mayor, City of Buffalo; Blythe Merrill, Vice President, The John R. Oishei Foundation;
Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker, President/CEO, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo; Dr.
Barbara Seals Nevergold, President, Buffalo Board of Education;
Bottom, L-R: Jack Quinn, President, Erie Community College; David Rust, Executive Director, Say
Yes Buffalo; Mary Ruth Kapsiak, Member, Buffalo Board of Education; Gene Chasin, Chief
Operating Officer, Say Yes to Education; Carol Dankert, Commissioner of Social Services; Erie
County; Dr. Pamela C. Brown, Superintendent, Buffalo Public Schools; Phil Rumore, President,
Buffalo Teachers Federation
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Impact Dashboard
Ind|cator
1|me unn|
|mprovement
osLsecondary maLrlculauon raLes
(pobllc ooJ cbottet)
2 years
(2014-13)
Auendance raLes 3 years
(2013-16)
ulsclpllnary Suspenslons
3 years
LnrollmenL
3 years
Plgh school graduauon raLes
(pobllc ooJ cbottet)
3 years
Academlc Markers
(Lngllsh Language ArLs and MaLh for grades 3-3
and 6-8 and 8egenLs courses for grades 9 -12)
3 years
(2017-18)
osLsecondary graduauon raLes
(pobllc ooJ cbottet)
3-6 years
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Accomplishments To-Date
Governance
Community Leadership Council formed and its regular meetings attract an
average of 200 individuals
Operating Committee formed and meets every 14 days
Five Task Forces launched; four more in the pipeline
Impact Dashboard released to transparently track progress
School Supports
Coordinated Erie County commitment to fund expansion of mental health
clinics located within Buffalo public school buildings
All 33,000 BPS students are being enrolled in Student Management
System
42 schools have site facilitators in their buildings
Facilitated development of quality after school programming framework
and working with District to bring it to scale
Scholarships
In first year of providing scholarships, there was a nine-percentage-point
increase in the number of students matriculating to college versus last year
995 Class of 2013 students started college with help from Say Yes
Raised $19 million toward scholarships at 74 public colleges & universities
Recruited 53 private colleges to provide scholarships to Say Yes students
200 members of Class of 2013 participated in a summer bridge program
further to prepare them for college transition
For more information:
V|s|t: www.Sayes8ua|o.org
Ca||: 716-247-S310
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