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Website:
www.eastsideartsalliance.com

Mission/Goals: A graffiti arts organization that trains young graffiti writers to produce political murals in communities of color.

Source(s): www.ofcy.org; www.favianna.com

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 increased between fall 2003 and spring 2004 (81.7% versus 92.6%), while parent satisfaction decreased slightly (87.3% versus 85.6%). The percentage of youth and program staff reporting improvement across the seven developmental assets increased between the fall and spring (63.7% and 74.7% for youth reports and 78.9% to 85.7% for staff), but the percentages decreased slightly for parent ratings (64.3% to 46.2%). The percentage of youth reporting improvements across the four areas of attitudes, skills, knowledge, and behaviors increased (61.2% to 65.4%), but the percentages remained stable for parent ratings (65.3% to 65.0%) and declined markedly for staff ratings (87.1% to 63.5%). Program staff report that 79% of students increased their computer skills, and 95% of students increased their artistic skills. Staff ratings of children's expectations of themselves increased slightly (69.0% to 70.5%) as did their ratings of children's participation in home, school, and community (66.7% to 69.2%).