BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE
12120 BRIDGETON SQUARE DRIVE, BRIDGETON, MO 630442607 www.boyshopegirlshope.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE NURTURES AND GUIDES MOTIVATED YOUNG PEOPLE IN NEED TO BECOME WELL-EDUCATED, CAREER-READY MEN AND WOMEN FOR OTHERS THROUGH IT'S HOLISTIC, LONG-TERM RESIDENTIAL AND ACADEMY PROGRAMMING. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES DIRECT PROGRAM SUPPORT AND COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS TO YOUNG PEOPLE, ALONG WITH SUPPORT OF IT'S US AND LATIN AMERICAN AFFILIATES IN THE AREAS OF TRAINING, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, DATA AND PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES, FINANCE, MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT.

PROGRAMMING (14 UNITED STATES AFFILIATES): OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE ADAPTED OUR STANDARD RESIDENTIAL AND ACADEMY MODEL, WITH SUPPORT THROUGH COLLEGE, TO THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES PRESENTED BY COVID-19. IN CONSULTATION WITH A TASK FORCE COMPRISED OF EXPERTS IN LAW, MEDICINE, RISK MANAGEMENT, AND INSURANCE, GUIDELINES AND TEMPLATES FOR SAFELY OPERATING DURING THE PANDEMIC HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED. EACH AFFILIATE TAILORED THESE TO THEIR SITE, WITH BOARD OF DIRECTOR APPROVAL. MOST RESIDENTIAL YOUTH INITIALLY RETURNED TO THEIR FAMILIES TO SHELTER IN PLACE. OUR PROGRAM TEAMS PROVIDED PROACTIVE CASE MANAGEMENT THAT INCLUDED ADDRESSING BASIC NEEDS OF FOOD, SUPPLIES, AND CLOTHING, MONITORING FOR SAFETY AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, AND ASSISTANCE WITH THE TRANSITION TO VIRTUAL SCHOOL. THEY ALSO DELIVERED VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING FOR ACADEMIC SUPPORT/TUTORING AND RECREATION/SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT. THIS INCLUDED COOKING CLASSES, JOINT GAMING, TRIVIA, SHARING MUSIC. THE MAJORITY OF RESIDENTIAL SCHOLARS ARE NOW IN OUR RESIDENTIAL HOMES AGAIN.PERSISTENCE IN PROGRAMMING, ONE IMPORTANT OUTCOME FOR RESIDENTIAL AND ACADEMY PROGRAMS, HAS MAINTAINED STEADY THROUGH THE CHALLENGES. IN FACT, OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, THE ANNUAL PERSISTENCE RATE WAS 91%. IN ADDITION TO THE FOCUS ON MANAGING SAFELY DURING COVID-19, THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AWAKENING TO RACISM OVER THE LAST YEAR HAS ALLOWED BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE TO MAKE IMPORTANT PROGRESS IN OUR OWN INTERNAL DIALOGUE AND WORK AROUND DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION. NEW INITIATIVES ARE FOCUSED ON RECRUITING, RETAINING, AND DEVELOPING A DIVERSE TEAM ACROSS THE NETWORK, INCREASING THE DIVERSITY OF OUR BOARDS OF DIRECTORS, AND FINDING NEW TO COACH SCHOLARS AND COLLEGIANS ON NAVIGATING RACISM AND HELPING TO BUILD MORE EQUITABLE COMMUNITIES. GIVEN THAT WE SERVE OVER 90% YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR, THIS WORK IS ESPECIALLY CRITICAL. ALL IN (ACT. LEARN. LEAD.), A CULTURAL IDENTITY AND SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAM THAT EMPOWERS YOUNG PEOPLE TO DEVELOP 21ST CENTURY SKILLS AS PLAN, EXECUTE, AND EVALUATE A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROJECTS, WAS CONCEIVED IN THE MIDDLE OF FISCAL YEAR 2020 AS A WAY TO ENHANCE EXISTING BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE PROGRAMMING AND PROVIDE A MODEL FOR SCALE TO IMPACT THE LIVES OF MANY MORE YOUNG PEOPLE. THE PROGRAM WAS GIVEN EVEN GREATER IMPETUS AND MEANING IN LIGHT OF THE GROWING AWARENESS OF AND MOBILIZATION REGARDING SYSTEMIC RACISM IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE DISPROPORTIONATE EFFECTS OF COVID-19 ON UNDER-RESOURCED COMMUNITIES OF COLOR. THEREFORE, THE PILOT YEAR TIMELINE WAS ACCELERATED WITH THE FIRST OF THREE SESSIONS TO DATE CONDUCTED IN THE SUMMER OF 2020. BY NOW, NEARLY 250 MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, AND COLLEGE AGE YOUTH HAVE PARTICIPATED WITH PEERS ACROSS THE NETWORK, INCLUDING LATIN AMERICA, ALONGSIDE TEAM MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS AND WILL UNDERGO AN INITIAL PILOT YEAR IMPLEMENTATION AND IMPACT EVALUATION IN THE SPRING OF 2021.STABILITY FOR PROGRAMMING WAS MADE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF ONGOING INVESTMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE TRAINING AND SUPPORT TO UTILIZE IT, INCLUDING THE FULL TRANSITION TO THE SALESFORCE PLATFORM FOR CASE MANAGEMENT AND PROGRAM OUTCOMES TRACKING IN ADDITION TO DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCE FUNCTIONS. LIKEWISE, ONGOING TRAINING AND SUPPORT IN THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT TOOL, A COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM TO TRACK AND IMPROVE ORGANIZATIONAL FUNCTIONING ACROSS DOMAINS THAT FEEDS INTO AFFILIATE AND NETWORK-LEVEL STRATEGIC PLANNING, CONTINUES TO DRIVE ALIGNMENT. TRAINING EFFORTS HAVE ALSO BEEN ENHANCED THROUGH INCORPORATION OF BOYS HOPE GIRLS HOPE'S NEW LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, LMS 365. MORE AND MORE VALUABLE ORIENTATION AND ONGOING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO AFFILIATES IN FLEXIBLE AND UNIFYING WAYS.ADDITIONALLY, AFFILIATES WERE SUPPORTED WITH CAPACITY BUILDING TRAINING, ADAPTED TO A VIRTUAL DELIVERY BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, IN THE PROGRAM LEADERS FORUM AND THE ANNUAL LEADERSHIP GATHERING, WHICH SERVED BETWEEN 75 AND 100 PARTICIPANTS IN EACH CASE. TOPICS INCLUDED DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION IN BOARD RECRUITMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGIC PLANNING AND FUNDRAISING, AND TRAUMA-INFORMED, STRENGTHS-BASED APPROACHES FOR EMPOWERMENT PRACTICE. PROGRAMS THAT DIRECTLY ENGAGED SCHOLARS ACROSS THE NETWORK INCLUDED THE STEWARD SCHOLARS PROGRAM, A STEM-FOCUSED INITIATIVE. AS PART OF PARTICIPATION, COLLEGIANS PARTICIPATED IN PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING CONFERENCES IN STEM, SUCH AS THE WOMEN OF COLOR IN STEM CONFERENCE IN DETROIT IN AUGUST OF 2019 AND THE BEYA STEM CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, DC. IN FEBRUARY OF 2020. ALSO, COLLEGIATE PREP, WHICH GATHERS RECENT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES FROM ACROSS THE NETWORK FOR A WEEK OF NETWORKING AND PREPARATION FOR THE POSTSECONDARY TRANSITION, WAS HELD VIRTUALLY THIS PAST JUNE, BUT MET WITH STRONG SUCCESS.

INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE: AT 2020 FISCAL YEAR END, OUR LATIN AMERICAN AFFILIATES SERVED THE FOLLOWING NUMBERS OF YOUNG PEOPLE: MEXICO: 19 RESIDENTIAL, 71 ACADEMY, AND 5 IN COLLEGE GUATEMALA: 80 RESIDENTIAL, 94 ACADEMY, AND 32 IN COLLEGETHESE AFFILIATES HAVE DEMONSTRATED REMARKABLE CREATIVITY AND TENACITY IN SERVICE IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC, THANKS TO STRONG TEAMS, BOARD LEADERSHIP, AND CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH NETWORK HEADQUARTERS. GUATEMALA MAINTAINED ITS RESIDENCES UNINTERRUPTEDLY OPEN FOR THE NEEDIEST OF THE SCHOLARS THROUGHOUT THE CRISIS, AND HAS RECENTLY OPENED THE HOMES TO AN ADDITIONAL 35 DAY STUDENTS WHO WERE STRUGGLING WITH THEIR FAMILIES TO GET BASIC NEEDS MET. BASED UPON SPIRALING NEED IN THE COMMUNITY, MEXICO HAS EMBARKED ON A PLAN TO SIGNIFICANTLY EXPAND THE NUMBERS OF YOUTH SERVED THROUGH ITS REMOTE ACADEMY PROGRAM, WITH 110 YOUTH CURRENTLY PARTICIPATING. THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC, FOOD AND SUPPLIES, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, AND FAMILY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING HAS ALSO BEEN PROVIDED. ADDITIONALLY, THE MEXICO RESIDENCES CURRENTLY HOUSE SIX COLLEGIANS. SOON, STUDENTS ON FULL SCHOLARSHIP AT TECNOLOGICO DE MONTERREY (TEC), ARGUABLY THEBEST UNIVERSITY IN LATIN AMERICA, WILL BE JOINING THE RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM FOR COLLEGIANS. THE BOARD HAS CLOSE TIES WITH TEC AND A FORMAL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY'S LIDERES DE MANANA (TOMORROW'S LEADERS) PROGRAM WOULD LIKELY LEAD TO HAVING 10 MALE AND 10 FEMALE COLLEGE STUDENTS RESIDING IN THE TWO SER Y CRECER RESIDENCES. THIS PARTNERSHIP WOULD HARNESS VOLUNTEERISM ON THE PART OF THESE STUDENTS, IN KEEPING WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE TOMORROW'S LEADERS PROGRAM. IN AUGUST OF 2019, THE GUATEMALAN AFFILIATE HOSTED NINE SCHOLARS AND FIVE TEAM MEMBERS FROM VARIOUS UNITED STATES AFFILIATES FOR THE ANNUAL CULTURAL AND SERVICE IMMERSION PROGRAM. THE YOUNG PEOPLE BENEFIT FIND THE INTERACTION WITH ONE ANOTHER TRANSFORMATIVE AND EXPANSIVE. THE LATIN AMERICA AFFILIATES HAVE BEEN PARTICULARLY RECEPTIVE AND PARTICIPATIVE IN THE ALL IN (ACT. LEARN. LEAD.) CULTURAL IDENTITY AND SERVICE-LEARNING PROGRAM DESCRIBED ABOVE. THE ASSESOR DE PROGRAMAS TEAM MEMBER WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN DEVELOPING THE CURRICULUM AND PARTICIPANTS FROM BOTH AFFILIATES HAVE BEEN ACTIVE IN ALL THREE SESSIONS OF THE PROGRAM: SUMMER, FALL, AND SPRING.

SCHOLARSHIPS: THE BHGH NETWORK SCHOLARSHIP IS A LAST MONEY, NEED AND MERIT-BASED SCHOLARSHIP THAT REDUCES STUDENT DEBT AND INCENTIVIZES A LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ORGANIZATION. IT HAS BEEN VITAL TO STAY IN CONTACT WITH COLLEGE STUDENTS AS THEY NAVIGATED THE CLOSING OF THEIR INSTITUTIONS DURING THE PANDEMIC. WE ASSISTED WITH TRANSPORTATION, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING, AND ADVISING REGARDING FINANCIAL, EMOTIONAL, AND ACADEMIC MATTERS. THROUGH THE VIRTUAL BHGH COLLEGIAN CAF, COLLEGIANS CONNECTED WITH ONE ANOTHER AND LEADERS IN MENTAL HEALTH/WELLNESS, CAREER PLANNING AND TRANSITION, AND INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. THOSE GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE GATHERED TO CULMINATE THEIR PROGRAM PARTICIPATION AND PREPARE FOR THE TRANSITION TO POSTSECONDARY. THIS EVENT, CALLED COLLEGIATE PREP, WAS CONDUCTED VIRTUALLY LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF COVID-19.TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP, BHGH GRADUATES MUST MAINTAIN A 2.5 GPA AND ADEQUATE PROGRESS TO DEGREE COMPLETION. IN FY 2020, 270 COLLEGIANS RECEIVED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING. ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES FOR THE YEAR SUCCESSFULLY MATRICULATED INTO COLLEGE WITHIN THREE MONTHS, A VERY IMPORTANT BHGH OUTCOME MEASURE. THE PERSISTENCE RATE (1ST YEAR STUDENTS WHO MATRICULATED FOR 2ND YEAR OF COLLEGE) WAS 95%. THIS IS PARTICULARLY POSITIVE IN LIGHT OF THE STRAIN THAT THE PANDEMIC HAD ON ACADEMIC AND LIVING ARRANGEMENT CHALLENGES FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS. SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE COLLEGIANS MAINTAINED ANNUAL STUDENT LOAN DEBT BELOW THE $5,500/YEAR BHGH OUTCOME THRESHOLD. 108 OF THE COLLEGIANS REPORTED HAVING AT LEAST ONE JOB OR INTERNSHIP IN THEIR FIELD OF STUDY DURING THEIR CAREER. FIFTY-ONE PERCENT OF THE COLLEGIANS MAINTAINED A GPA OF 3.0 OR HIGHER. THIRTY-SIX STUDENTS ACHIEVED THEIR FOUR-YEAR DEGREE.

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