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Youth Guidance Mentoring and Activities Program <br />1028 20t' Place, Vero Beach, FL 32960 <br />Phone: 772.770.5040 <br />E-mail: fcruz(i�youthguidanceprogram.org <br />Mentoring and Activities Program <br />Funded Year: 2016-2017 <br />Fourth Quarter Report <br />(October 1, 2016 — September 30, 2017) <br />Grant: $15,000 <br />Funds used: $15,000 (100%) <br />Total children served (Year -to -Date): 232 children. Cost per child: $64.66 <br />Focus area addressed: Enrich a child's learning environment: Positive Youth Development <br />Taxonomy Number: PH -1400.5000-100 Adult/Child Mentoring Programs. <br />Program Description: Youth Guidance Mentoring and Activities Program provides positive, <br />caring adult role models and mentors for at -risk youth in kindergarten through 12th grade. <br />Enrolled children are from low-income, single parent homes throughout Indian River County. <br />We began the year with our south county expansion utilizing the IG Center to increase the <br />amount of activities in Youth Guidance plus reach those students in that area who could not <br />access our programs at our central county location. We also initiated a program the Community <br />Enrichment program in Fellsmere as part of our north county expansion, during the February <br />semester. We initiated the process to start a satellite Excel Club in Fellsmere in partnership with <br />the Fellsmere Exchange club. Our experienced Excel Club is mentoring teens in Fellsmere to <br />help them start their own club. <br />During our 2nd and 3rd quarters we continued improving our south county expansion services at <br />the Intergenerational Center on Oslo Road operating 15 groups each week including basketball, <br />flag football, soccer, lacrosse hip-hop dance, and photography. We began our academic <br />enrichment services utilizing a certified math tutor on-site to help children struggling with math. <br />Oslo middle school children walked to the program, and we picked up children at three local <br />elementary schools. <br />Our traditional groups located in central Vero Beach, where we focus on technology and art <br />continued to flourish. We began a 3-D coding and printing group, a Minecraft group, and a <br />robotics group. We used a "street art" artist to teach the children to draw and paint. This is also <br />where our high school students gather for their Excel Club meetings. The Excel Club is a <br />charted Exchange Club for high school students sponsored by the Indian River Exchange Club. <br />During this period we began picking up children at two new schools: Gifford Middle School and <br />Dodgertown Elementary. We continued to pick up children at three elementary schools for our <br />-47- <br />60 <br />