2007-308S - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Boys & Girls Clubs of Indian River County — Youth Volunteer Corps/Teen Center Grant Application to the Children's Services Advisory Committee profit sector, dedicating 10 hours per week of his/her time in program support, evaluation and staff training- 1 full-time Director of Operations — with a Bachelors Degree with a minimum of three years working in the non profit sector, dedicating 10 hours per week of his/her time in supplemental program support, planning and facility management. 1 full-time YVC Director — with a Bachelors Degree with a minimum of three years experience working with youth, dedicating 40 hours per week of his/her time in planning, coordinating and directing the daily program at the YVC Teen Center and outreach services as well as facility and personnel management . 1 part-time Program Director — with a High School Diploma, working towards a college degree with demonstrated capability in working positively with youth, dedicating 32 hours per week for of his/her time in providing supervision of YVC Team Leaders and projects. 3 full-time Team Leaders — with a High School Diploma, working towards a college degree with demonstrated capability in working positively with youth, dedicating 32 hours per week of his/her time in providing onsite supervision of YVC projects. Volunteers - Demonstrated capability in working positively with youth. As many as we can get, dedicating specialized program opportunities for YVC members. 5. How will the target population be made aware of the program? • School: Service Learning projects and clubs, bulletin board, announcements, distribution of calendars and flyers • Newsletter: YVC Volunteer Newsletter/Calendars, mailings • Court Ordered: Individuals ordered by probation to do community service • Newspaper : Press Journal and Vero Beach Forum Volunteer Watch column or articles ; Hometown News • Family/Friend: Word of mouth • Service Projects: Recruitment source during weekend and after school projects • Phone Book • Presentations are given to schools and service organizations . 6. How will the program be accessible to target population (i.e., location, transportation, hours of operation) ? The key factor in reaching the clients of the Youth Volunteer Corps is through the efforts of the Team Leaders . Each team leader is assigned to a number of schools and specific projects. They are responsible for recruiting, marketing, and "reaching out" to the community to ensure participation and interest. Each team leader has a regional area to saturate with flyers, calendars, sign up sheets, and announcements. They are also responsible for arranging transportation, if needed, organizing car pools, recruiting adult volunteers for transport and supervisory purposes, and for calling and following up on those who didn't make it to a project. There is a complex and intricate system of molding many forms of communication together to bring a project to a successful level . This system of "outreach" is significantly dependant on the dedication and efficiency of the YVC staff and the Team Leaders promoting the projects. Now that YVC has its own facility it will not only provide community service projects almost every day during the year, but it will also be open every day after school for facility based programming as well. 6