Contact information:
4368 Lincoln Avenue
Oakland, CA 94602
Website:
www.lincolncc.org
Mission/Goals: Lincoln Child Center enables vulnerable and
emotionally troubled children and their families to lead independent and
fulfilling lives.
Notes: Lincoln Child Center offers an educational enrichment
program to students that have been identified as at-risk for school
failure. Students are exposed to positive role models, cultural awareness
activities, and tutoring. The program goal is to increase academic
performance and attendance.
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. (specifically,
success at school, sense of self, ability to communicate, ability to learn
new things, ability to connect with adults, ability to work with others,
and ability to stay safe); and staff ratings of children's improvements in
their personal expectations of themselves as well as children's
participation in the home, school, and community. Additionally, child,
parent, and program staff perceptions of changes in nine areas of
attitudes, skills, knowledge, and behaviors were assessed specifically for
the Lincoln Child Center, in addition to homework completion and academic
progress.
Impact/Outcome Findings: Child-reported satisfaction with services
increased between fall 2003 and spring 2004 (82.7% versus 93.7%), while
parent satisfaction decreased slightly (89.1% versus 84.3%). The
percentages of children, parents, and program staff reporting improvement
across the seven developmental assets all increased between the fall and
spring (74.4% and 87.9% for youth reports, 75.6% to 85.2% for
parents, and 59.4% to 64.3% for program staff). Similarly, the percentages
of children and parents reporting improvements across the nine areas of
attitudes, skills, knowledge, and behaviors increased (73.4% to 85.4% for
child reports and 83.0% to 85.3% for parent reports), but the percentages
decreased slightly for staff ratings (63.5% to 54.0%). Staff ratings of
children's expectations of themselves increased (52.7% to 69.1%) as did
their ratings of children's participation in home, school, and community
(55.9% to 72.1%). 90% of children from the lower academic quadrant showed
academic improvement; 50% of children in the higher quadrant showed
improvement. The homework completion rate improved by 72%.
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