EDUCATION/YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Nearly 50% of high school graduates whose parents did not go to college do not enroll in post secondary education. 100% of BUILD’s program graduates complete high school and go on to college; 80% of them are the first in their families to do so. Statewide, only 35% of high school graduates meet the course requirements for the California State University (CSU) system. 100% of Envision Schools' graduates are CSU eligible -- three times the California state average. On average it costs $71,000 to incarcerate a youth for one year; in California only 30% of youth released from juvenile hall do not re-offend within three years of release. Fresh Lifelines for Youth’s most expensive program costs just $7,000 a year and 88% of youth participants in the program do not recidivate. While 70% of former foster care youth aspire to attend college, only 10% enroll and only 4% graduate. 90% of the students in the Guardian Scholars program are on target to graduate from San Francisco State University. The average KIPP Bay Area Schools student starts fifth grade in the 40th percentile for math nationwide, and the 28th percentile for reading. After four years at KIPP, these same students jump to the 79th percentile for math, and the 60th percentile for reading. An individual with a high school diploma earns an average of 25% more than someone without one. Going on to college more than doubles their potential lifetime earnings. Last year, Next Step helped 45 students achieve GED readiness; 22 now have the equivalent to a high school diploma, and 17 have gone on to community college. By the time children from low-income families are nine years old, they are, on average, three grade levels behind their more affluent peers. Students enrolled in Reading Partners gain an average of 1.53 months in reading skills each month, more than doubling their rate of learning and reading skills acquisition. 91% of parolees released from the California Youth Authority (CYA) recidivate. 93% of youth who receive mentoring, aftercare and case management from Youth Justice Institute make a successful transition home and do not recidivate. EMPLOYMENT/ASSET BUILDING 1 in 3 San Francisco residents qualify as asset poor, having insufficient assets to meet their basic needs if experiencing an income crisis for 90 days. To date, EARN has put more than 2,000 low-income individuals on the path to self-sufficiency, helping them save an average of 4.7% of their monthly income and invest more than $2,547,746 in education, home ownership and small businesses. In San Francisco there are an estimated 8,000 youth, ages 16-24, who are disconnected from education, employment and social support systems. Approximately 90% of young adults who successfully complete New Door Ventures social enterprise program remain employed and/or in school six months later. 48% of people employed by Rubicon Programs’ social enterprises have been homeless or at risk of homelessness prior to hire and face considerable barriers to long-term employment. On average, 63% of Rubicon program participants retain their jobs for over three months and increase their median monthly earnings by $1,602. California has lost close to 50,000 jobs statewide this year. 100% of participants were still employed one year after being involved in Springboard Forward's Engaged Employment Program at Bon Appetit; 44% were promoted within four months.
CHILD/FAMILY WELLNESS A baby from Bayview Hunters Point is 2.5 times more likely to die within their first year of life than an infant in any other part of the city. Bayview Child Health Center has provided over 500 children with primary care and comprehensive supportive services including health insurance enrollment, nutritional education, psychological counseling and referrals to community organizations.
Only 6% of African-American, Latino, and Native American students at San Rafael High have the grades to be eligible for a four-year university and only 65% have a chance of graduating high school at all. 100% of seniors in Canal Alliance’s education program graduate high school and go on to college. Almost half of all pregnancies in the United States are unintended. On average a low-income single adult living in San Francisco would need to double his or her annual income in order to meet their basic needs with a new-born. Good Samaritan provided approximately 1,300 low-income, predominantly Spanish speaking individuals, with family planning, ESL courses, job readiness and childcare services.
HOMELESSNESS/HOUSING ASSISTANCE Over 71,000 people are homeless in the Bay Area--40% are families. 92% of the families served by Compass Community Services’ transitional housing program at Clara House maintain permanent housing for at least six months. 1 in 3 youth exiting the foster care system face homelessness within a year of their emancipation. 98% of former foster youth who receive housing, case management, employment and educational support services at First Place for Youth avoid homelessness. There is virtually no affordable housing in San Francisco. Applicants for Section 8 federal housing typically spend 5-8 years on the waiting list. More than half of children from homeless families have never lived in a permanent home, and most experience multiple upheavals each year. Last year Homeless Prenatal Program helped 489 homeless families, including 1,213 children, move into permanent housing. An estimated 12,200 households and 13,000 children in San Mateo County are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness each year. Over 80% of families and 65% of single adults who complete Shelter Network’s transitional housing program secure stable housing.
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