KIDS-N-KINSHIP INC
14870 GRANADA AVE NO 127, APPLE VALLEY, MN 551245514 kidsnkinship.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: KIDS N KINSHIP IS A PREVENTATIVE MENTORING PROGRAM IN DAKOTA COUNTY FOR YOUTH AGES 5-16 WHO ARE IN NEED OF A POSITIVE ADULT ROLE MODEL.

AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2019, THE YOUTH IN OUR PROGRAM ARE 35% CAUCASIAN, 24% MULTI-RACIAL/OTHER, 28% AFRICAN AMERICAN, 10% HISPANIC, 2.5% ASIAN, AND 0.5% NATIVE AMERICAN. IN 2019, THE PROGRAM SERVED 164 YOUTH. 95 YOUTH WERE MATCHED AND 62 WERE ON THE WAIT LIST. FOR THE OUTCOMES THAT WE TRACK, THE FOLLOWING RESULTS POINT TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR MODEL OF MENTORING: 1.) 96% OF THE YOUTH ARE REDUCING THEIR EXPERIENCE OF ISOLATION THROUGH CONSISTENT VISITS WITH THEIR VOLUNTEER WITH WHOM THEY ARE LEARNING NEW SKILLS, PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES AND HOBBIES. 2.) 95% OF THE YOUTH HAVE ESTABLISHED A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR ADULT MENTOR. 3.) 99% REPORTED NO SERIOUS INCIDENCES OR BEHAVIOR DURING THE TIME THEY WERE MATCHED WITH A MENTOR OR A REDUCTION OF RISKY BEHAVIOR. 4.) 93% OF YOUTH MAINTAINED OR INCREASED THEIR DECISION-MAKING SKILLS, AND 94% MAINTAINED OR INCREASED THEIR CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS.

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