Creating Pathways for Positive Change.

2018 ANNUAL REPORT

Creating Pathways for

Positive Change.

PREPARATORY ACADEMY

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JULY 2018

YouthBuild Preparatory Academy is a place where young people are introduced to the greatness that lives within: to engage education in a meaningful way, build healthy relationships; and be prepared to take on the future opportunities that await them upon graduation.

Since 1997 we have disrupted the ever-growing dropout crisis by re-engaging those young people who have left school before earning a high school diploma. YouthBuild is a place where the word love is not a four-letter word. We realize that many of our young people have not experienced the love of the community, school and people in authority. We are unapologetically comprehensive in our delivery of services to our young people in whom we are 100% invested.

When asked, how is YouthBuild so successful, our response is simple. As a community we are engaged in the united struggle, (the opening line of the YouthBuild Philosophy) it merely means that at YouthBuild it is not only the young people who are on the pursuit of excellence but it is the WE that are working towards their goals. We are there to celebrate the successes and it is us who are there to offer a comforting hand in the midst of the struggle.

With your investment in our work, we will expand our YouthBuild Family to engage the many young people who otherwise would find themselves involved in the criminal justice system, public welfare or worse.

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Your support brings you into the YouthBuild Family.

Together, we can help young people earn a high school diploma while learning valuable job readiness skills. We can continue to offer early exposure to the post-secondary experience.

We provide construction training and we place people in jobs. We can also the quality of life for every young person who enters our doors.

In the future, YouthBuild would like to provide onsite mental health support services as we have lost two students to self-inflicted harm in the school year of 2017/2018 and your support can make this happen.

YouthBuild works. We know this because our young people tell us so. Our data speaks for itself.

Throughout this report, you will see how YouthBuild is transforming lives not only of its participant but the lives in the Rhode Island urban core.

With your investment in our work, we will expand our YouthBuild Family to engage the many young people who otherwise would find themselves involved in the criminal justice system, public welfare or worse.

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YouthBuild Preparatory Academy is an umbrella organization that is authorized to operate both a school and a YouthBuild program (YouthBuild Providence).

YouthBuild Providence has been operating for 20 years and is one of the longest continuously operating YouthBuild programs in the country. YouthBuild Providence is known for its proven combination of integrated academics, industry-standard construction skills, personalized leadership development, and support for participants both during the program and as they complete it and move into gainful employment in the their community.

YouthBuild Providence has become a model program both nationally and locally, for alternative education, workforce development and social/emotional wellness center for urban youth, primary boys and young men of color.

70% male

(on average)

30%

female

YOUTHBUILD

About YouthBuild

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In no way, is YB Prep “a school� it is a Center of Excellence, where young people can be part of something greater than themselves as they pursue their life goals. ~ Anthony Hubbard

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LOOK INSIDE

Inside YouthBuild BOARD OF TRUSTEES Angela Romans, Chair Vice President of Program, Say Yes to Education Patrick McGuigan, Vice Chair Retired Tina Shepard, Secretary Providence Police Department Gloria Johnson, Treasurer Risk Analyst, Santander Bank Rosemary Burns, Ed.D Assistant Principal, Mt. Hope High School, Bristol Warren Regional School District

Akeem Lloyd Youth Advocate, Educator, Believer in the Power of Young People, Mentor and Poet Louis Cotoia Arnold Lumber & RIBA Keno Mullings Managing Director, The Mullings Group, LLC Monica Zeno-Martin Chief Program Officer, YouthBuild USA Richard Cipolla Chief Financial Officer, Saint Raphael Academy

EXECUTIVE TEAM Anthony Hubbard Executive Director Robert Nyahkoon YouthBuild, Program Director LEADERSHIP TEAM Michael Deragon Education Director Joanne Debrah Director of Transitional Services Robert McCarty Construction Manager

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694

Young men and women engage YouthBuild program to obtain a high school diploma or GED to become contributing members of the community.

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ATTENDANCE

82%

100%

RECIDIVISM

0%

WAGE

$11.76

COMPLETION

82%

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CERTIFICATION

94% PLACEMENT

76%

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Performance Measures

HSE/DIPLOMA

85%

Disrupting

participants enrolled in 2017-2018

THE CYCLE

VOTER REGISTRATION

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Tools for Transformation • Building Healthy Relationships • High School Diploma Obtainment • Post-Secondary Education exposure & early credit obtainment • Substance abuse support • Life skills • Social-emotional wellness • Family Support • Vocational training and work readiness • Job placement assistance 10

Transform Yourself at YouthBuild

Hopeless Individualistic Miseducated Lost Impoverished Careless Complacent

Empowered Independent Ready to Lead Educated An Innovator Employed Self & Socially Aware

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for YouthBuild

NEXT STEPS 12

The leadership is diligently working towards at September 2019 opening.

The Academy Currently developing a PDC to work with educators and school personnel who are committed to making school more engaging for urban youth.

The Professional Development Center

The Enterprise YouthBuild Providence provides residential and commercial fee-for-service work that delivers community impact at a competitive price.

Expansion of NBA Due to demand NBA will continue to expand into more middle and high school throughout Rhode Island increasing our impact on improving the lives of boys and young men of color.

I honestly felt like I became part of a family. While academic work was always known to be very important, the friendships and support systems I now have will help guide me through my personal and professional life. I am a part of a brotherhood with some influential men. ~ Elijah Stephensen

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This has been one of the most encouraging experiences I have ever had in my educational experience.

I have started new friendships that I hope will continue after graduation. ~ Kyle James

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OUR FAMILY

Be a Storyteller...Invite others to be engaged Join us for one of our meet and greets to see YouthBuild in action. If you see YouthBuild’s work as significant, invite others to get involved.

Learn more Join our email list and we keep you up-to-date with YouthBuild and our young people journey.

Call our offices at 401-273-7528 to schedule a visit. We would love to share our plans and talk about ways that you can help.

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More Ways to Support YouthBuild Providence provides residential and commercial fee-for-service work that delivers community impact at a competitive price.

YouthBuild has always been a place where I felt comfortable enough to be myself. Many people would have had issues with my personality, but YBP accepted me the way I am. ~ Myles Clark 16

It’s a good program. I can’t see myself attending a different school ~ Jasmin Laureano YouthBuild showed me how teachers should care and support students ~ Mark Smith

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HIGHLIGHT 18

2017-18 SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS 42 Students providing a total of 14,400 hours of service ($376,848 cash value) Beyond building a unit of affordable housing, students completed 14 community projects.

Rosa Parks House Project YouthBuild Providence had the privilege to work on rebuilding the Rosa Parks house. The delicate structure was exposed to the elements in Berlin, Germany and needed to be handle with a level of expertise. This project allowed our students to not only participate in building the house but being able to speak with her family members who provided insight to who she was as a person. This project is what YouthBuild is all about; answering the call of the community.

Build A Bed This year has officially put us at the 315 mark for beds we have provided for children throughout Rhode Island. With the help of major sponsors of Arnold’s Lumbers, Mt Pleasant Hardware, Coco Cola, Aramark, Enterprise Car Rental, Rhode Island Department of Health, Project Undercover, The Home Depot, and United Healthcare along with funding from YouthBuild USA AmeriCorps grant a child will have many nights of peaceful sleep.

Summer Employment For the first time in YouthBuild Providence’s history, YouthBuild was able to hire 32 young people through an investment from the Governor’s Workforce Board, Real Skills for Youth Grant for implement high-quality paid work-based learning experiences and career readiness programming for youth ages 14-24. Summer Youth worked on various projects throughout the city providing a benefit in the amount of $125,616 in service to local organization. The capstone project of the summer the Pope Street Project – converting an under-utilized lot into a Play-Learn-Gather area for community use.

Rhode Island Home Show For the 4th year in a row, YouthBuild students participating in the preparation of the Rhode Island Home Show. This year students build a vertical flower wall. Vertical garden are the latest trend in urban farming.

A Christmas Carol YouthBuild Providence was invited along with other non-profit organizations to take part in this year’s rendition of A Christmas Carol. Staff and students performed alongside the reigning cast.

OPERATING REVENUE ($1,047,396.28)

12%

OPERATING EXPENSES

4%

($1,091,199.81)

Other Revenue ($36,596.85)

Sponsorship & Foundation Support ($127,407.68)

20%

General & Administrative ($217,660.03)

12%

Physical Facilities

51% Personnel

($554,619.91)

($126,735.08)

84%

Federal, State & Local Support ($883,391.75)

17%

Program Expenses ($192,184.79)

2018 FINANCIALS

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PREPARATORY ACADEMY