City Year Inc

CITY YEAR HELPS STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS SUCCEED, WHILE PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION OF CIVICALLY ENGAGED LEADERS WHO CAN WORK ACROSS LINES OF DIFFERENCE. PARTNERING WITH TEACHERS, DIVERSE TEAMS OF CITY YEAR AMERICORPS MEMBERS CULTIVATE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS WHERE ALL STUDENTS CAN BUILD ON THEIR STRENGTHS, FULLY ENGAGE IN THEIR LEARNING, AND THRIVE.

IN-SCHOOL SERVICEIN FISCAL YEAR 2021, MORE THAN 98% OF CITY YEAR'S 3,162 FULL-TIME PARTICIPANTS SERVED ON DIVERSE TEAMS IN SCHOOLS. MOST OF THEIR 5,142,464 SERVICE HOURS WERE SPENT AS TUTORS, MENTORS, AND ROLE MODELS HELPING CHILDREN IN HIGH-POVERTY SCHOOLS STAY IN SCHOOL AND ON TRACK TO GRADUATE. AS NEAR-PEERS, CORPS MEMBERS ARE UNIQUELY ABLE TO HELP IMPROVE STUDENT ATTENDANCE, BEHAVIOR, AND COURSEWORK - WHICH RESEARCH CONFIRMS ARE INDICATORS OF A STUDENT'S LIKELIHOOD OF GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL. IN EACH OF CITY YEAR'S 320 PARTNER SCHOOLS, THE TEAM PROVIDES ACADEMIC SUPPORT, ATTENDANCE MONITORING AND INCENTIVES, POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT, AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING EVENTS (SUCH AS ASSEMBLIES AND CELEBRATIONS) THAT IMPROVE THE OVERALL SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. THE SERVICE MODEL HELPS THE CORPS MEMBERS HAVE AN IMPACT BEYOND THE 28,043 STUDENTS REACHED DIRECTLY THROUGH ONE-ON-ONE AND SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION. CORPS MEMBERS CHANGE THE ENVIRONMENT OF A SCHOOL BY IMMEDIATELY CHANGING THE RATIO OF STUDENTS TO RESPONSIBLE, CARING ADULTS. IN ADDITION TO THE IN-SCHOOL SERVICES, 11,272 STUDENTS WERE PROVIDED WITH AFTER-SCHOOL AND SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS. SCHOOLS THAT PARTNER WITH CITY YEAR ARE UP TO TWO TO THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO IMPROVE IN ENGLISH AND MATH ASSESSMENTS, AND THE MORE TIME STUDENTS SPEND WITH AMERICORPS MEMBERS, WHO SERVE AS STUDENT SUCCESS COACHES, THE MORE THEY IMPROVE ON SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND ACADEMIC SKILLS SKILLS THAT HELP STUDENTS THRIVE IN SCHOOL AND CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR COMMUNITY.

YOUTH CIVIC LEADERSHIPCITY YEAR'S 37,000 ALUMNI CONTINUE TO SERVE AND LEAD ACROSS AN ARRAY OF PROFESSIONS, INCLUDING EDUCATION, WITH MORE THAN HALF OF ALUMS WORKING AS TEACHERS, ADMINSTRATORS, GUIDANCE COUNSELORS AND AT EDUCATION NONPROFITS, AND ARE ENGAGED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. THEY SHARE THEIR PASSION FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT BY LEADING STUDENTS IN ACTIVITIES THAT HELP THE PARTICIPANTS GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF CHALLENGES FACING THEIR COMMUNITIES AND HOW THEY CAN HELP ADDRESS THEM. CITY YEAR WAS FOUNDED ON THE BELIEF THAT A YEAR OF NATIONAL SERVICE COULD SERVEAS A CIVIC RITE OF PASSAGE - A UNIQUELY TRANSFORMATIONAL LIFE EXPERIENCE THAT, WHILE HELPING TRANSFORM COMMUNITIES IN NEED, COULD BEND THE TRAJECTORY OF AN IDEALISTIC YOUNG PERSON'S LIFE TOWARDS A LIFETIME OF ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP AND CIVIC LEADERSHIP.

PHYSICAL SERVICEALL CITY YEAR LOCATIONS HOST LARGE-SCALE SERVICE EVENTS THROUGHOUT YEAR, LED BY CORPS AND STAFF. IN FISCAL YEAR 2021, 7,800 CITIZENS VOLUNTEERED 12,446 HOURS IN PROJECTS INCLUDING PAINTING MURALS,REFURBISHING SCHOOLS, CREATING PLAY PLACES, PLANTING COMMUNITY GARDENS, AND REVITALIZING COMMUNITY CENTERS. A PHYSICAL SERVICE PROJECT COMPLTED BY A CITY YEAR LED TEAM CAN POWERFULLY TRANSFORM A SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT OR NEIGHBORHOOD, BOTH BY VISIBLY IMPROVING THE SPACE WITH THE IMMEDIATE RESULTS, AND ALSO BY INSPIRING PARTICIPANTS TO VOLUNTEER AGAIN.