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Youth Guidance <br />STEAM MENTORING ACADEMY <br />Grant: $25,000 <br />Funds Used: $20,833 <br />Total Children Served: 275 children Cost per child: $75.76 <br />Focus Area: After School and Summer Recreational Activities and Academic Enrichment <br />Taxonomy Number: PH -1400.5000-100 Adult/Child Mentoring Programs <br />Program Description: The Youth Guidance Mentoring Academy provides social skills and academic skills <br />development for students from low-income households and single parent families. Our program includes three <br />components: One-on-one mentoring, group mentoring, and activities. <br />Summer Program Success: We are pleased to report that we concluded our Summer program with 58 students <br />enrolled. During July and August, the children continued participating in group activities and exciting field trips <br />that centered around themes, including Water World, Messy Art Week, Travelling Around the Globe, and the <br />Great Outdoors. <br />Opening a Learning Center: Starting in September, Youth Guidance made the decision to open an all -day <br />Learning Center, the first of its kind in Indian River County. We spoke to our parents and discovered that our <br />students who were enrolled in virtual school due to COVID-19 were falling behind quickly due to lack of internet <br />access and adult supervision at home. Our doors are now open for students Monday through Thursday from <br />8:00 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. to ensure our children receive the support they need during the day. <br />From 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (the school day shift), students complete virtual school with the guidance of our <br />part-time staff as well as tutors from Big Brothers Big Sisters. From 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. (the evening shift), <br />the students participate in group mentoring programs, including vocational training, life skills, STEAM, and <br />recreational activities. <br />Notably, we are feeding the children who attend the Learning Center breakfast, lunch, and dinner four days a <br />week through our partnership with the Indian River County School District and the Source. Every effort is made <br />to ensure that the students and staff are safe while inside our facility. We check the temperature of everyone <br />before they enter our building, we have sanitization stations in place throughout our facility, and we practice <br />social distancing. We also enforce a mandatory mask policy. <br />Furthermore, we are currently operating at 50% capacity, serving 24 students in our 8,600 square foot building <br />at one time. We can serve a maximum of 48 students each day, which includes students attending the school <br />day program as well as students attending the evening programs. <br />An Exciting Lineup of Fall Programs: We started offering many exciting group mentoring programs this fall. They <br />include: <br />- Pathfinders: Our Pathfinders heard from engaging guest speakers, including an army recruiter, a pilot, and two <br />local business owners. They have been working hard on their presentation on the prevention of child abuse and <br />will present it to different agencies around Indian River County, such as Exchange Clubs and Rotary, later this <br />fall. <br />- STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math): STEAM programs this quarter included launching <br />miniature rockets and learning the science behind a rocket launch, creating art with beads, making music and <br />learning about music theory with digital production programs, using IittleBits to gain hands-on 1*0erience <br />