Liberty Partnerships Program
SUNY Sullivan Liberty Partnerships Program
The Liberty Partnerships Program (LPP) was established statewide in 1988 under Section 612, Subdivision 6 of the Education Law to address the significant school dropout rate among New York’s youth.
Since then, LPP has been included in the New York State Education Department’s Statewide Plan for Higher Education as part of its strategy to maximize the successful transition of middle and high school students who are considering dropping out of school to higher education and the competitive demands of today’s job market.
The SUNY Sullivan LPP program is contracted to serve 270 students in middle and high school from the Fallsburg, Liberty, Monticello and Sullivan County BOCES School Districts.
SUNY Sullivan LPP partners with the following community-based organizations:
- Sullivan 180
- Cornell Cooperative SNAP
- Sullivan County Center for Workforce Development
- PPGNY
- New Hope Community/New Hope Farm
All partners combine resources to increase high school graduation rates and promote college & career readiness; factors and red flags that signal a student’s chance of not completing high school are addressed.
LPP staff works together to evaluate students, prepare individual learning plans (PLPs), organize students into appropriate tutoring and mentoring cohorts, and refer students who are experiencing academic or personal/emotional crisis to agencies that specialize in recovery and intervention.
Civic responsibility, leadership skills, and volunteerism are also highlighted. Additionally, students participate in service-learning projects that improve their communities.
Mentoring, tutoring, study skills classes, field trips, admissions & financial aid workshops, college level classes, and a summer on-campus program are provided through the LPP program.
THE OPPORTUNITIES
Students in grades 5-12 are eligible to participate.
The SS LPP program is designed to promote successful graduation, college readiness and career development among eligible high school students who need some additional assistance to help them meet their goals. LPP programming in the Liberty and BOCES school districts should begin during October of the calendar school year.
Explore our program elements in more detail below:
VISION & MISSION
The Statewide Liberty Partnerships Program provides leadership and resources to ensure that students who need extra help meeting their goals will achieve academic and personal excellence, graduate from high school, and enter post-secondary education and/or the workforce as highly competent and compassionate adults.
By building a solid support system, mentoring, academic tutoring and individual learning plans, SUNY Sullivan Brighter Futures LPP will provide support to at-risk students, with the goal of reducing the drop-out rate, enabling students to graduate from high school, and preparing them for higher education or entering the workforce.
The program concentrates on the critical transition periods from middle to high school, high school to college or high school to meaningful employment. The program strongly encourages students to pursue post-secondary education, and to apply for New York state scholarships.
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