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HOPE Community Development Corporation

HOPE Community Development Corporation. H elping O thers P ursue E xcellence 600 Kanawha Blvd., West Charleston, West Virginia 25302 hopewdc@aol.com Reverend Matthew J. Watts, President & CEO. HOPE Community Development Corporation. Our Vision

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HOPE Community Development Corporation

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  1. HOPE Community Development Corporation Helping Others Pursue Excellence 600 Kanawha Blvd., West Charleston, West Virginia 25302 hopewdc@aol.com Reverend Matthew J. Watts, President & CEO

  2. HOPECommunity Development Corporation Our Vision Families will be inspired to pursue spiritual, moral, intellectual, social and physical excellence HOPE Community Development Corporation HOPE

  3. HOPECommunity Development Corporation Our Mission To empower low income families to achieve self-sufficiency by promoting family and youth development, education, employment and training, economic and community development and spiritual renewal HOPE Community Development Corporation HOPE

  4. HOPE Community Development Corporation • An Overview of HOPE CDC • HOPE Youth and Family Services Clearinghouse • HOPE Workforce Development Center • HOPE Homeownership Zone • HOPE Youth Development Movement HOPE Community Development Corporation HOPE

  5. HOPE Community Development Corporation • The HOPE Youth Development Movement • Comprehensive – Holistic – Integrated Strategy For: • School Drop Out Prevention • Closing the Achievement Gap • Overall Academic Improvement • Truancy Reduction HOPE Community Development Corporation HOPE

  6. HOPE Community Development Corporation • The HOPE Youth Development Movement • Comprehensive – Holistic – Integrated Strategy For: • Disciplinary Referral Reduction • Substance Abuse Prevention • Gang Resistance • Delinquency Prevention HOPE Community Development Corporation HOPE

  7. HOPE Community Development Corporation • The HOPE Youth Development Movement • Comprehensive – Holistic – Integrated Strategy For: • Teen Violence Reduction • Teen Pregnancy Reduction • Increase College Going Rates Among Low Income Youth HOPE Community Development Corporation HOPE

  8. HOPE Community Development Corporation • The HOPE Youth Development Movement • Comprehensive – Holistic – Integrated Strategy For: • Improving High School • Graduation Rates • Stopping the School Yard to • Prison Yard Pipeline HOPE Community Development Corporation HOPE

  9. HOPE Community Development Corporation HOPE Youth Development Movement HOPE Community Development Corporation HOPE

  10. HOPE Community Development Corporation Vision of HOPE Youth Development Movement Youth will be inspired to pursue spiritual, moral, intellectual and physical excellence HOPE Community Development Corporation HOPE

  11. HOPECommunity Development Corporation The Philosophy of HOPE CDC Children and youth function in complex systems and they need to be supported through and by relationships with caring adults in each of these systems. HOPE

  12. HOPE Community Development Corporation The Philosophy of HOPE CDC Identifying the complex systems that youth function in will help you to define their problems HOPE

  13. HOPE Community Development Corporation A problem well stated is a problem half solved Charles F. Kettering HOPE Community Development Corporation HOPE

  14. HOPECommunity Development Corporation • Philosophy of HOPE CDC • Children and Youth Live in Complex Systems • Family System– 77% of African American; 35% of white children are born out of wedlock in West Virginia, high abuse and neglect rate • Foster Care System – 3,093 are in DHHR Custody, 2,200 are under the foster care system in West Virginia • Children-Youth • need to be supported through relationships with caring adults in each of these Systems HOPE

  15. HOPECommunity Development Corporation • Philosophy of HOPE CDC • Children and Youth Live in Complex Systems • Education System– a third of all kids drop out of high school; a third that graduate do not have employable skills • Social System of Peers – substance abuse, out of wedlock pregnancies, sexual transmitted diseases, teen violence • Children-Youth • need to be supported through relationships with caring adults in each of these Systems HOPE

  16. HOPECommunity Development Corporation • Philosophy of HOPE CDC • _______________________________________________________________________________ • Children and Youth Live in Complex Systems • Community System– substandard housing, crime and violence, domestic violence, and homelessness • Economic System – 26% of all children live in poverty, 11% are living in extreme poverty HOPE

  17. HOPECommunity Development Corporation • Philosophy of HOPE CDC • _______________________________________________________________________________ • Children and Youth Live in Complex Systems • Political System—children have no political voice but are used to advance the political agenda of others • Juvenile Justice System – nearly 7,000 children in WV appear before judge or probation officer HOPE

  18. HOPECommunity Development Corporation • Philosophy of HOPE CDC • Children and Youth Live in Complex Systems • Sports and Recreation System—Sports and Recreation have become the innocent idols – the other gods of our culture and some cases distracting youth from education • Media System– TV, movies, Internet, newspaper, and magazines • Religious System –less than 18% of children in WV attend a weekly religious service • Children-Youth • need to be supported through relationships with caring adults in each of these Systems HOPE

  19. HOPE Community Development Corporation It is not what you look at that matters But what you see. Henry David Thoreau HOPE Community Development Corporation HOPE

  20. HOPE Community Development Corporation How HOPE CDC See Youth HOPE

  21. HOPECommunity Development Corporation Crisis Facing Youth The Broken and/or Dysfunctional Systems Results in the Youth being Disconnected Youth are disconnected from a compelling vision of excellence HOPE

  22. HOPE Community Development Corporation • Crisis Facing Youth • Disconnected from Fathers • Disconnected from Family • Disconnected from Church • Disconnected from School • Disconnected from Compelling Vision HOPE

  23. HOPECommunity Development Corporation • Crisis Facing Youth • Disconnected from Work • Disconnected from Caring Adults • Disconnected from Social Capital HOPE

  24. HOPECommunity Development Corporation Our current systems are excellent systems at diagnosing symptoms our elementary schools in particular have become the social pathological diagnostic centers because this is where we really start to pay attention to poor kids HOPE

  25. HOPECommunity Development Corporation Diagnosing and/or treating the symptoms is important because it brings some relief, but it does not solve the root problem HOPE

  26. HOPE Community Development Corporation Here are some of the symptoms that indicate that a youth is in trouble HOPE

  27. The Symptoms HOPE Community Development Corporation • Youth who are …. • giving birth out of wedlock • living in poverty • on free or reduced lunch • with substance abuse issues The Symptoms HOPE

  28. HOPECommunity Development Corporation • Youth who are .. • status offenders • involved in the court system • violent • have gang involvement The Symptoms HOPE

  29. HOPE Community Development Corporation • Youth who are .. • dropping out of school • truant from school • runaway from home • are homeless • in foster care • involved in prostitution The Symptoms HOPE

  30. HOPECommunity Development Corporation These Symptoms If Not Properly Treated Can Result in Devastating Outcomes for Both the Youth and the Community HOPE

  31. HOPE Community Development Corporation Categories of Youth At-Risk for Failure • Incarcerated Youth • Detained Youth • Court Involved Youth • Youth with Frequent Contact with Police • DHHR Status Offenders • Youth in Alternative School Placement HOPE

  32. HOPE Community Development Corporation_ Categories of Youth At-Risk for Failure • Youth In Special Education • Youth with Chronic Disciplinary Referrals • Youth in DHHR Custody • Youth in Foster Care • Youth Aging out of Foster Care • Youth Receiving TANF Benefits HOPE

  33. HOPE Community Development Corporation The Challenge – Building the Bridges to Support Youth Recruiting and Engaging Caring Adults in Content Based Mentoring to win Youth to a Compelling Vision of Spiritual, Moral, Intellectual and Physical Excellence HOPE

  34. HOPE Community Development Corporation HOPE CDC believes caring adults must Bridge to each of the systems that the youth function within The Bridge Principal Building Relationships Intentionally During Grace Encounters HOPE

  35. HOPE Community Development Corporation . . . . to the Family HOPE Building the Bridges

  36. HOPE Community Development Corporation . . . . to the School HOPE Building the Bridges

  37. HOPE Community Development Corporation . . . . to the Law Enforcement HOPE Building the Bridges

  38. HOPE Community Development Corporation . . . . to the Social Welfare System HOPE Building the Bridges

  39. HOPE Community Development Corporation . . . . to the Juvenile Justice System HOPE Building the Bridges

  40. HOPE Community Development Corporation The HOPE Youth Development Movement is designed to Build Bridges to each the above entities HOPE

  41. HOPE Youth Development Movement • HOPE Youth and Family Clearinghouse – Bridge to Family • HOPE In School Youth Development – Bridge to Education • HOPE-TALKS Mentoring – Bridge to Social System of Peers • HOPE Alternative Education Academy – Bridge to Education HOPE

  42. HOPE Youth Development Movement • HOPE Project Re-Connect For Drop-outs – Bridge to Education • HOPE Project Safe Neighborhood – Bridge to Community • HOPE Homeownership Program – Bridge to Community • HOPE Structured Recreation -- Bridge to Recreation HOPE

  43. HOPE Youth Development Movement • HOPE & HELP for Families TV & Radio– Bridge to Media • HOPE Intervention for Status Offenders– Bridge to DHHR/Foster Care • HOPE Workforce Development Center – Bridge to Economic/Workforce • HOPE Building and Construction Trades– Bridge to Economic/Workforce HOPE

  44. HOPE Youth Development Movement • HOPE Alternative Sentencing Initiative– Bridge to Juvenile Justice • HOPE-Re-entering Our Communities Successfully (ROCS) -- Bridge to Juvenile Justice • HOPE Youth Discipleship -- Bridge to Religious HOPE

  45. HOPE Community Development Corporation If you cannot measure what you are doing, then you don’t really know what you are doing and you cannot improve what ever it is that you are doing. The HOPE Youth Development Movement Has Measurable Outcomes Reduce Absenteeism and Truancy Improve Academic Performance – Close the Achievement Gap HOPE HOPE

  46. HOPE Community Development Corporation If you cannot measure what you are doing, then you don’t really know what you are doing and you cannot improve what ever it is that you are doing. The HOPE Youth Development Movement Has Measurable Outcomes Reduce Disciplinary Referrals Reduce Juvenile Delinquency Reduce the number of youth graduating into the adult criminal justice system HOPE HOPE

  47. HOPE Community Development Corporation If you cannot measure what you are doing, then you don’t really know what you are doing and you cannot improve what ever it is that you are doing. The HOPE Youth Development Movement Has Measurable Outcomes Reduce substance abuse among teens Reduce teen pregnancy HOPE HOPE

  48. HOPE Community Development Corporation If you cannot measure what you are doing, then you don’t really know what you are doing and you cannot improve what ever it is that you are doing. The HOPE Youth Development Movement Has Measurable Outcomes Reduce teen involvement in gangs Increase number of youth enrolling in post-secondary education or certification training programs HOPE HOPE

  49. HOPE Community Development Corporation HOPE

  50. HOPE Community Development Corporation Helping Others Pursue Excellence 600 Kanawha Blvd., West Charleston, West Virginia 25302 hopewdc@aol.com Reverend Matthew J. Watts, President & CEO

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