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Applied in 2008

Aldine Y.O.U.T.H. Community Center

Aldine Y.O.U.T.H.

Program Facts

  • Paid (FTE) Staff Working: 3
  • Program Participants Last Year: 10791
  • Meets about 20 time(s) with each participant per month
  • Participants remain in the program for 3 months

Volunteers

Volunteers per month: 50

Volunteers are trained:

Volunteer Training
AlwaysRarely

Volunteers are actively recruited:

Volunteer Recruiting
AlwaysRarely

Board Activities

  • Formally reviews the performance of the chief executive officer at least once every two years.
  • Formally approves the budget.
  • Ensures that arrangements with outside fund raising firms are made in writing.
  • Receives information about the financial arrangements with such firms and, if applicable, the anticipated portion of the gross proceeds that goes to the organization.
  • Has formally approved a conflict of interest policy and regularly monitors it to ensure adherence.
  • Receives, at least quarterly, the organization's financial statement.
  • Receives, at least annually, an auditor's management letter and report.
  • Convenes an audit committee.

Outcomes & Measures: (self-reported)

Outcome 1
Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal setting and decision making skills which enhance health.

Measure
Students will prepare menus that demonstrate their understanding in making healthy food choices

Students will prepare activity calendars/schedules that demonstrate their understanding that unused calories turn into unhealthy fat.

Outcome 2
Students will demonstrate the ability to make a Benefit-Cost Analysis to help make any kind of financial decision.

Measure
Students will develop “pros and cons” chart for a major “dream” purchase.

Outcome 3
Students will comprehend the difference between needs and wants.

Measure
Students will create wants and needs charts for their families.

Outcome 4
Students will understand the risks and rewards of entrepreneurship.

Measure
Students will engage in a small business project.

Outcome 5
Students will make a connection between academic success and personal success.

Measure
Using data gathered from school partners, the program will determine the following:

The number of program participants will enroll in at least one Advanced Placement course the following academic year; the number of students will have improved test scores and grades; and, the number of students will have improved performance in reading and math.

Change Process: (self-reported)

When people arrive at Aldine Y.O.U.T.H., they are usually at the end of their rope. Be it parent, grandparent, aunt, uncle, probation officer, or the student themselves, EVERYONE sees Aldine Y.O.U.T.H. as both a place of refuge and a means of restoration.

Since 1990 Aldine Y.O.U.T.H. has been blessed to serve as vehicle for healing in the Aldine community. Youth are taught that they are special, that they endowed, that they are loved, that they have purpose and that they are responsible for their future. Parents are empowered to be authority figures for their children by teaching them how to nurture, how to discipline, and that they too have much to offer our community. Our volunteers are embraced as partners in the on-going transformation of our neighborhoods, giving them the responsibility to help reshape our present and our future.

Aldine Y.O.U.T.H. stands firm in its belief that we are all connected. And, until we both recognize and embrace those bonds and then develop relationships, not only will our communities continue to degenerate but we as individuals will fail to realize the full potential of everything that God placed in us at conception.

Aldine Y.O.U.T.H. empowers its clients to be everything God has already designed them to be, by helping them recognize and release their own gifts, skills, and talents; while helping them heal from the hurts and pains of their past.

At Aldine Y.O.U.T.H., EVERYONE is special...EVERYONE has a bright future...EVERYONE has a purpose...EVERYONE is connected...and EVERYONE knows it!