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A Guide to Evaluated Programs for Children and Youth |
| Background Information | Program size |
Age range |
Budget | Research | Program Fee? |
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Program Name/ Contact
Information/ |
Serves over 50 children | Serves youth ages 8-16 | Org. budget over $750,000 |
Program has been evaluated/ has a research base |
Free of Charge |
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Martha O'Bryan Center, Inc Contact information: Martha O'Bryan Center, Inc James Cox 711 S. 7th St. Nashville, TN 37206 Phone: (615) 254-1791 Fax: (615) 242-3411 E-mail: jcox@marthaobryan.org Website: www.marthaobryan.org Size executive staff: 5 Board members Name of Exec. Director/CEO: Debbie Keller Mission/Goals: Martha O'Bryan Center supports and empowers individuals and families in need to attain greater levels of well-being and self-reliance. Notes: The center provides programs for youth development at an after-school community center. Y-REEL (Youth-Reading, Exploring, Educating, and Learning) is a program that teaches youth the academic and social skills necessary to be self-sufficient adults. Sources: www.guidestar.org; www.marthaobryan.org |
358 | 4 to 22 years | Total expenditures $2,213,132; Program expenditures $1,735,006 |
Type of Evaluation: Non-experimental Summary of Available Evaluation Information: The Martha O'Bryan Center strives to help disadvantaged families become "self-sufficient, free from poverty, undereducation and reliance upon government assistance" by providing them with the necessary resources, programs and services. Guidestar reports that a committee of the Board of Directors is charged with program evaluation by monitoring each program's outcomes quarterly. A full evaluation report is not currently available. |
Not available |
| Approach | ||||||||
| Out of School/ Summer | Mentoring | Tutoring | Counseling/ Therapy | School-based | Clinic/ Provider-based | Service/ Vocational learning |
Parent or family component | Other |
| x | x | |||||||
| Outcomes | |||||||
| Educational/ Cognitive | Social/ Emotional | Life Skills | Physical Health | Behavior Problems | Reproductive | Citizenship | Mental Health |
| x | x | x | x | ||||
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