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Contact information:
Cincinnati Youth Collaborative
301 Oak St
Cincinnati, OH 45219
Website:
http://www.cycyouth.org/
newindex.asp?content=aboutus
Mission/Goals: Mission/Goals: The Cincinnati Youth Collaborative (CYC)
aims to help children and youth realize their full potential by reducing
the number of high school drop outs and increasing the number of youth who
graduate high school with the desire, knowledge and skills to succeed in
the world through higher education or meaningful productive jobs.
Notes: The Cincinnati Youth Collaborative runs multiple programs
targeted at-risk youth in Cincinnati. Programs include a mentoring
program, Talent Search, GEAR Up, a College Resource Center, Partners in
Education, Youth Employment and Development Initiative and many others.
Source(s):
www.guidestar.org;
www.cycyouth.org |
more than 6500 children |
grades 2 through 12 |
Please click here for more information on this evaluation.
Type of Evaluation: Outcomes
Monitoring
Objective: To examine how well the Mentoring and the Educational
Talent Search programs are meeting their goals.
Impact/Outcome Findings: In 2003-2004, 70% of the non-senior
secondary participants were promoted to the next grade level at the end of
the year, and 85% of high school seniors graduated from high school or
received a certificate of high school equivalency. 229 participants were
promoted to the next grade in middle school, 162 were promoted from middle
school to high school, 585 were promoted to the next grade in high school,
and 316 received a high school diploma. While no students were
retained in their current grade in middle school, 27 dropped out, 57 were
retained in their current grade in high school, and 124 dropped out of
high school. Of those students who were ready for college, 70% of project
participants received assistance in applying for post-secondary admission
(260 students), and 85% received assistance in applying for financial aid
(288 students). Of college ready participants, 70% (260 students) enrolled
in (or were admitted to) a program of post-secondary education and 16% (56
students) were high school graduates but did not enroll in a postsecondary
program. All 1,500 participants were provided with some type of
motivational career, academic, post-secondary admission or financial aid
counseling, 444 at-risk middle school students were provided with at least
2 monthly contacts and 100 10th through 12th graders were provided with
ACT preparation.
The majority of the elementary school mentees (72%) and slightly less than
half of the high school mentees indicated meeting with their mentors twice
a month or more. 81% of elementary and 65% of high school mentees felt
great about their mentor, 6% of each group did not feel good. The two most
often reported ways the mentor helped
elementary mentees were making them feel good about themselves and
improving their school work, and among high school mentees, improving
school work or improving their attitudes towards school. Additional
information will become available in the 2005 evaluation report.
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