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Boys & Girls Club of Indian River County, Inc. — Vero Beach Teen Center/Youth Volunteer Corps Grant Application to the Children 's Services Advisory Committee effectiveness of the YVC ' s presence at their site and honestly evaluate the program. t� YVC Staff/ Team Leader Weekly Activity Sheets: This form is required by the YVC Director to evaluate the productivity and effectiveness of each YVC Staff Team Leader. Journals: In the PALS program, the tutor and the tutee is required to place a daily entry into their journals. This is used to track the impact on both parties from the experience and to measure personal and academic growth. Even if the Tutee is not able to write, single drawings or words learned can serve as an effective tool of measurement. Youth Volunteer Corps Advisory Council: This group is made up of 12 adult members of the community who represent the spectrum of socioeconomic backgrounds that are representative in the Indian River County area. Much time is spent in both the evaluation process and the project planning process. Teen Center: Membership Applications are collected upon registering for the program. Membership renewal applications are updated continuously throughout the year, with the bulk registering at the beginning of the school year. Daily average attendance is collected by recording the number of members that attend daily divided by the numbers of days of service. Results are maintained and available on a monthly basis. Club Activities are collected daily to track members ' participation in the various activities that are offered throughout the day. Pre and Post Surveys are distributed prior to all drug, alcohol and teen pregnancy prevention programs to measure the knowledge gained through participation in our SMART Moves programs. Juvenile Crime Rates will be collected by providing the Department of Juvenile Justice with the names of all children enrolled in the program; they will then notify us regarding the number of y� members arrested. Comparisons can be run on a quarterly basis. School Achievement will be measured by collecting report card data and providing a comparison of grades from quarter to quarter. A baseline will be established the I " quarter of each year and compared to results at the end of the year. Parent & Member Surveys will be distributed to each parent & member in April to evaluate services being delivered. B&GCA Outcome Measurements Tool every member is encouraged to enter a baseline survey upon registering for the program. Ongoing surveys are administered each year. 1 . REPORTING : What will you do with this information to show that change has occurred ? How will you use or present these results to the consumer, the funder, the program, and the community ? How will you use this information to improve your program? Public trust and accountability are our top priority. Our core promise to our members is to provide a safe positive place and have a positive impact on their lives . We accomplish this by upholding high ethical standards in all areas, especially in overseeing our finances, providing accurate membership data, being good stewards of the donor dollar and representing ourselves to the public . We plan on presenting an organizational annual report in 2007, which will showcase the outcome of our core promise to our members, funders and the community. Finally, all of the information we gather as a result of our measures will enable us to continuously �r update and improve our program to ensure it meets the needs of our members and the community. 11