Contact information:
5113 Manila Avenue
Oakland, CA 94618
Website:
www.opera-piccola.org
Mission/Goals: Opera Piccola provides multiple opportunities for
people of all ages and cultural backgrounds to participate in the
creativity of the arts. Opera Piccola is dedicated to bringing the arts to
underserved and low income audiences. We provide low cost or free
community performances and arts education programs to children, youth and
adults throughout the greater Bay Area. In our community performance
program, we bring portable scenery, costumes, lights and music to enhance
a short play for multigenerational audiences. Seeing the play together
brings diverse individuals into closer community as they laugh and respond
to stories with universal human themes. In our education programs,
children and youth express their deepest ideas and feelings through
creating their own art, gaining self esteem, literacy, team work and
cognitive skills in the process.
Source(s):
www.ofcy.org |
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School-age children and youth |
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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.
Impact/Outcomes: Child- and parent-reported satisfaction with
services increased somewhat between fall 2003 and spring 2004 (81.3%
versus 83.3% for child ratings and 86.8% versus 88.0% for parent ratings).
The percentage of children reporting improvement across the seven
developmental assets decreased between the fall and spring (68.5% and
65.6%), but the percentages increased according to parent and program
staff ratings (61.6% to 64.5% for parents
and 72.1% to 77.8% for staff). The percentages of all three groups
reporting child improvements across the six areas of attitudes, skills,
knowledge, and behaviors increased (69.6% to 72.2% for child reports,
64.2% to 70.2% for parent reports, and 74.8% to 80.6% for staff reports).
Staff ratings of children's expectations of themselves declined slightly
(68.9% to 66.8%); their ratings of children's participation in home,
school, and community also declined (74.8% to 67.2%). 62% of children and
youth improved their language skills by more than the average improvement
of OUSD students; 69% improved their GPA by more than the average
improvement of OUSD students.
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