Need in Deed (NID)

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Need in Deed (NID)

Approach
Out of School/ Summer	Mentoring	Tutoring	Counseling/ Therapy	School-based	Clinic/ Provider-based	Service/ Vocational learning	Parent or family component	Other
				x		x

Outcomes
Educational/ Cognitive	Social/ Emotional	Life Skills	Physical Health	Behavior Problems	Reproductive	Citizenship	Mental Health
x					x	x

Background Information

Program size

Age range

Research

Program Fee?

Contact information:
8616 Germantown Ave.

2nd floor, rear entrance

Philadelphia, PA 19118

Website: www.needindeed.org

Mission/Goals: Through service-learning work with students, teachers, and community organizations, Need in Deed prepares youth for civic responsibility and service to others. The goal is to enable young people to become agents for change-- capable, contributing members of their community.

Sources: www.guidestar.org; www.needindeed.org

Serves about 750 children for 2004-05 academic year

Fourth through eighth grades

Please click here for more information on this evaluation.

Type of Evaluation: Quasi-Experimental.

Objective: To examine the influence of service-learning work on student outcomes.

Impact/Outcome Findings: Several indicators of student engagement were higher for NID students than for the comparison group. Fourth graders had higher average ratings on civic responsibility than the comparison group, but there was no difference between groups in sixth and eighth grades. One personal/social development indicator was higher for fourth graders than the comparison group, but the rest were not significantly different. Only two indicators were more positive for comparison groups. Analyses of achievement test results were mixed.

No fee

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