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Contact information:
Futures for Children, Inc.
9600 Tennyson St NE
Albuquerque, NM 87122

Website: www.futuresforchildren.org

Mission/Goals: The mission of Futures for Children is to help ensure that every Native American child receives an education that provides the tools and knowledge to become an successful adult.

Notes: The Leadership Program currently existed in 98 sites

Source(s): www.guidestar.org; www.futuresforchildren.org

There are about 400 participants in the Youth Leadership program. Native American students in elementary through high school Please click here for more information on this evaluation.

Type of Evaluation: Outcomes Monitoring

Objective: To assess whether the Youth Leadership program content is effective and sustainable. Also, to monitor Futures for Children's goal of keeping students in school and having them graduate high school and move on to college.

Impact/Outcomes: This is the first year that Futures for Children in implementing these assessment tools, and results are not yet available. However, Futures for Children Annual Report 2002 reports that 95% children mentored by Futures for Children are promoted or graduate from high school (30% percent of Native Americans nationwide drop out of high school). Thirty-five to forty percent of Futures for Children high school graduates continue on to college or other institutions of higher learning, including vocational programs.

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