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Website: laofamilynet.org

Mission/Goals: Programs and assistance for South East Asian refugee and immigrant communities, and other low income communities, to adapt to life in the United States, and to achieve social and economic self-sufficiency.

Notes: SAYL is an afterschool program that targets Mien, Vietnamese, and Cambodian students at risk of low academic performance. The program runs Monday through Friday afternoons and focuses on homework assistance and educational enrichment activities.

Source(s): www.ofcy.org; laofamilynet.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: Child-reported satisfaction with services increased between fall 2003 and spring 2004 (75.5% versus 77.7%), as did parent satisfaction (86.5% versus 90.2%). The percentages of children, parents, and program staff reporting improvement across the seven developmental assets increased between the fall and spring (57.4% and 61.4% for child reports, 71.4% to 76.6% for parents, and 72.5% to 77.9% for staff). Similarly, the percentages of all three groups reporting improvement across the five areas of attitudes, skills, knowledge, and behaviors increased (54.6% to 57.6% for child reports, 73.9% to 76.1% for parent reports, and 79.4% to 85.3% for staff reports). Staff ratings of children's expectations of themselves increased (65.6% to 76.8%), as did their ratings of children's participation in home, school, and community (75.7% to 78.5%).