It Takes A Village to Help Our Children Inc

Programs

1. During calendar year 2024 our afterschool program, Project ROCKET concluded programming June 30 in 2 Somerset County MD locations - Crisfield & Princess Anne. ..... serving more than 60 at risk, kindergarten to 8th grade. 99% of our students were minority students, 98% qualified to receive Free and Reduced Meals, and 61% were reading below grade level. Our program focused on reclaiming academic and emotional learning loss which occurred during the pandemic. Project Rocket is a strong collaboration with the Virginia Space and Flight Academy to offer Stem programs including astronomy, rocketry, and robotics, as well as, improving literacy and math skills through evidenced based curriculum , I-Ready. In addition, Project Rocket includes social emotional learning sessions with evidenced based programs, Positive Action and Too Good for Drugs and Violence, as well as small group sessions with a licensed social worker. Services were provided Monday Friday and also included homework assistance, community service, recreation, field trips, parent outreach, and a hot meal each day for our students. Per our Performance Indicators, over the FY23 school year we provided 52 evidenced based…

   $295,646 spent$321,082 earned by the program
   37% of program spending

2. Our SHORE WAY TO COLLEGE program is a Next Generation Scholars program and provided college and career readiness services for more than 200 7TH - 12TH grade students in Somerset County Public Schools in preparation for them to receive the Guaranteed Access Grant. The grant is available to graduating seniors whose family income is 130% below the poverty level. The program provides College and Career Interns at the middle school and 2 high schools, and College Coaches at the local youth center. Students have access to tutors during and after school, participate in college awareness workshops, college and workplace tours, summer bridge program, SAT prep, essay writing and summer work opportunities with soft skills training. Parents also participate in financial aid workshops. In 2024 more than 100 students created individualized college and career plans, 123 duplicated students attended 5 college tours, 38 unduplicated students participated in tutoring, 23 parents and students participated in financial aid workshops, 15 students participated in summer bridge programming,14 unduplicated students participated in soft skills training and summer work program at 8 local businesses.

   $293,486 spent$299,711 earned by the program
   37% of program spending

3. The Villages current afterschool program, READ TO LEAD, is a 21st Century Community Learning Center program providing literacy instruction, homework help, tutoring, character development, Science, Technology, Engineering Arts and Math enrichment, parent engagement, field trips, and a hot meal every day for more than 60 youth in the fall. In the summer, more than 70 youth participate in our Monday Friday, six-week program from 8:00am 4:30pm 99% of our students were minority students, 98% income qualified to receive Free and Reduced Meals, and 66.7% were reading below grade level. Aimed at improving literacy, our program uses an evidenced based on-line curriculum, i-ready. Additional evidenced based curriculum, Positive Action and Too Good for Drugs and Violence support social emotional development for our youth. During the School year we provided 64 evidenced based programming sessions, and 78% of our students met criteria for regular attendance.

   $177,108 spent$184,334 earned by the program
   22% of program spending

4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

   $35,118 spent
   4% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $801,358.