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Website: geocities.com/ypproject/ypp.htm

Mission/Goals: Instead of blaming the individual, EPIC looks at the environment and what aspects of it might encourage youth in the community to drink. This includes things like how many billboards and/or liquor stores community members pass on the way to work/school, or the location and cost of alcohol. EPIC's goal is to change the environment in order to help to prevent underage alcohol abuse.

Note: This program, while located in Berkeley, CA, also serves children and youth from Oakland.

Source(s): www.ofcy.org; geocities.com/ypproject/ypp.htm

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- and parent-reported satisfaction with services declined between fall 2003 and spring 2004 (92.5% versus 85.2% for youth and 84.5% versus 82.6% for parents). The percentages of youth and parents reporting improvement across the seven developmental assets increased between the fall and spring (70.5% and 73.8% for youth reports and 66.3% to 68% for parents), but the percentages decreased slightly for staff ratings (80.6% to 78.2%). Similarly, the percentages of youth and parents reporting improvement across the seven areas of attitudes, skills, knowledge, and behaviors increased (72.4% to 77.5% for youth reports and 66.3% to 78.3% for parent reports), but the percentages decreased for staff ratings
(84.7% to 72.6%). Staff ratings of youths'
expectations of themselves declined (51.2% to 48.6%) as did their ratings of youths'
participation in home, school, and community (47.6% to 30.6%).