Contact information:
1212 Broadway Suite 400
Oakland, CA 94612
Website:
www.youthsounds.org
Mission/Goals: At Youth Sounds, the staff believe that when young
people are given the space, support, and skills to articulate how they see
themselves and the world around them, they learn to think in new ways,
learn to challenge dominant view points, and learn to interact with a
world larger than the confines of their neighborhoods. The process of
storytelling helps youth confront and express their political, creative
and social selves. Collectively, these stories reflect the concerns of our
youth as well as the people, institutions, and opportunities that define
their community and shape their everyday experience.
Source(s):
www.ofcy.org;
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Type of Evaluation: Outcomes
Monitoring.
Objective: The Oakland Fund for Children and Youth (OFCY)
evaluation was designed to assess service provision and the effects of
services provided by organizations that received grants from OFCY. Please
note that the following summary focuses on evaluation findings regarding
the effects on children, rather than on service provision.
Impact/Outcomes: Youth-reported satisfaction with services declined
between fall 2003 and spring 2004 (87.8% versus 83.3%), while parent
satisfaction increased slightly (86.9% versus 89.2%). The percentage of
youth reporting improvement across the seven developmental assets
increased between the fall and spring, but the percentages decreased
slightly for parent and staff ratings (48.2% and 55.7% in the fall versus
spring for youth reports, 58.3% to 55.8% for parents, and 67.7% to 66.3%
for program staff). Similarly, the percentage of youth reporting
improvement across the five areas of attitudes, skills, knowledge, and
behaviors increased, but the percentages decreased slightly for parent and
staff ratings (59.1% to 64.6% for youth reports, 77.7% to 58.5% for parent
reports, and 96.1% to 93.2% for staff reports). School absences declined
by 25% between the first and last quarters, and 100% of youth demonstrated
proficiency in the video production and storytelling process. Staff
ratings of children's expectations of themselves declined (65.5% to 50.3%)
as did their ratings of children's participation in home, school, and
community (66.7% to 53.1%).
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