What: Alumni on the Move Breakfast: Celebrating 10 Years of Success
YO! Baltimore provides comprehensive services for out-of-school youth, ages 16 to 22, who live in Baltimore City. This event celebrates 10 years of service with:
7,500 youth and young adults have been part of a positive community experience offering job training, academic support, life skills, cultural enrichment and a safe environment in which to grow and feel a strong sense of belonging
3,200 out-of-school youth became employed within one year of enrolling into the program
1,100 youth earned a high school diploma while participating in YO!
When:
Thursday, October 14, 2010, 8:30 a.m.
Where:
YO! Baltimore’s Westside Center, 1510 W. Lafayette Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21218
Background:
YO! Baltimore was created to address the challenges disconnect youth face on a daily basis in Baltimore City and currently boasts a ten-year track record. Launched in 2000 through a grant award from the federal Department of Labor, YO! Baltimore has been able to demonstrate the effectiveness of utilizing a comprehensive package of youth development strategies to impact the lives of disconnected youth. In a report entitled Changing Minds Changing Lives (see www.yobaltimore.org), YO! Baltimore documents its capacity to reduce recidivism, while increasing educational attainment and wages of participants. YO! enrollees showed a third fewer arrests and convictions than a comparable group and participants overall entering the labor force earned wages at a rate of 44% higher than those in the peer group. YO! Baltimore offers services at two, youth-friendly locations. The YO! Academy shares the Westside Center’s address: - Youth Opportunity (YO!) Academy and the Westside Youth Opportunity Center
1510 W. Lafayette Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21217
410-545-6953
- Eastside Youth Opportunity Center
HEBCAC (Historical East Baltimore Community Action Coalition)
1212 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21213
410-732-2661
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