Community Impact! Nashville

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Community Impact! Nashville

Approach
Out of School/ Summer	Mentoring	Tutoring	Counseling/ Therapy	School-based	Clinic/ Provider-based	Service/ Vocational learning	Parent or family component	Other
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Outcomes
Educational/ Cognitive	Social/ Emotional	Life Skills	Physical Health	Behavior Problems	Reproductive	Citizenship	Mental Health
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Background Information

Program size

Age range

Research

Program Fee?

Contact information:
Community IMPACT! Nashville
211 N.11th Street
P.O Box 60885

Website: www.impactnashville.org

Mission/Goals: To mobilize neighborhoods including youth, families, businesses and organizations to increase educational and economic opportunities for young people.

Notes: Community IMPACT! Nashville is an affiliate of CI! USA www.impactusa.org. CI! USA merged with The Forum for Youth Investment to form Impact Strategies, Inc.

Source(s): www.guidestar.org; www.impactnashville.org

No: Community Impact serves 15 youth during the summer and 8-10 during the school year.

High school students ages 14-19.

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Type of Evaluation: Outcomes Monitoring

Objective: To assess the effect of the program on participants as well as to identify program strengths and weaknesses.

Impact/Outcomes: Youth participants reported increasing skills in public speaking, teamwork, computer and financial skills, problem-solving, and communication. Youth also reported increases in self-control/regulation, self-confidence, a sense of control over the future, and belief in the self as an agent of change. Finally, within social development, youth reported increased community awareness, sense of community, social responsibility and connectedness
or sense of a positive social network.

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No fee and in addition, youth participants are paid a stipend for their work.

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