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Website: ahschc.org

Mission/Goals: The mission of Asian Health Services is to serve and advocate for the immigrant and refugee Asian community regarding its health rights, and to assure access to health care services regardless of income, insurance status, language, or culture. The TAPS program is designed to provide sex education, direct clinical services, and counseling for teens. The program offers family planning, youth advocacy, and leadership opportunities.

Source(s): www.ofcy.org; ahschc.org

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 (80.4% versus 74.5%). Parent satisfaction was 100% for fall (no data are reported for spring). The percentages of youth and staff reporting youth improvement across the seven developmental assets decreased between the fall and spring (40.7% and 36.7% in the fall versus spring for youth reports and 99.4% to 75.4% for program staff), but the percentage remained stable at 71.4% for parents. The percentage of youth reporting improvements across the seven areas of attitudes, skills, knowledge, and behaviors increased (82.1% to 63.4%). Staff reported 100.0% improvement at both times, and parents reported 100.0% improvement in fall 2003. Staff ratings of youth's expectations of themselves declined (98.6% to 81.0%) as did their ratings of youth's participation in home, school, and community (98.8% to 85.6%). Over two-thirds (69%) of youth who received outreach and education accessed reproductive health counseling and clinical services.