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Website: There is no website available.

Mission/Goals: The Court Youth Center offers an art-focused after school program where students learn about the performing, visual, literary and culinary arts, and particularly targets at-risk children, children from low-income families, and children not performing at grade level. It aims to nurture the natural talents of youth so that they can become productive, healthy, creative citizens. The Center focuses on increasing children's 'creative learning process, academic performance, problem solving and group interaction skills in order to internalize responsible decision making, to gain a sense of community and to incorporate the creative learning process in all aspects of their lives.'

Notes: The Court Youth Center recently expanded to include a charter school in August 2004. It has received national and local recognition, including being named one of six exemplary after-school programs in arts from the National Endowment for the Arts and the U.S. Department of Education; a Coming Up Taller finalist from the President’s Committee on Arts and Humanities; one of five outstanding programs from the New Mexico Community Foundation and Outstanding Recreation Program from the NM Association of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Some funding for the after-school comes from the 21st Century Learning Center program.

Source(s): www.nmarts.org

Type of Evaluation: Outcomes Monitoring.

Objective: To monitor Court Youth Center program goals.

Impact/Outcomes:  This evaluation is currently underway. More results will be available in 2005.