[cs_content][cs_element_section _id=”1″][cs_element_row _id=”2″][cs_element_column _id=”3″][x_custom_headline level=”h1″ looks_like=”h1″ accent=”false” class=”cs-ta-center” style=”color: hsl(0, 0%, 100%);”]OUR IMPACT[/x_custom_headline][cs_element_gap _id=”5″][/cs_element_column][/cs_element_row][/cs_element_section][cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 5px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”2/3″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]Employment: Our Transitional Advocacy Program (TAP) was created to help young people develop the skills necessary to compete; Skills developed & emphasized: employment, independent living, use of community resources. Program targets older youth and was implemented in conjunction with Ready by 21 of Baltimore City Department of Social Services; 75% of youth referred received employment as a result of program participation; 60% of youth referred with significant education lapses are enrolled in some educational or trade related training program in efforts to ensure long term employment.
Schools: Community Advocacy Model; Mentoring; Mental Health services; Child/Parent (community) Trauma focused groups; Student/Teacher Mediation; Participate with SST (School Support Team) and CST (Community Safety Team); (positively impacted school climate through suspension reduction); Life skill groups; Increasing attendance of students identified as regularly truant by 15%; Increasing parental involvement; Bringing resources to school (Volunteers, Food pantries, Basketball programs, Political partnerships, Back to School resources/events).[/cs_text][/cs_column][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/3″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_image type=”none” src=”https://keysempowers.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/donatebiggergreen.png” alt=”” link=”false” href=”#” title=”” target=”” info=”none” info_place=”top” info_trigger=”hover” info_content=””][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_element_section _id=”21″][cs_element_row _id=”22″][cs_element_column _id=”23″]
