2011 Annual Report - FEGS
2011 Annual Report - FEGS
2011 Annual Report - FEGS
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EMPLOYMENT | EDUCATION & YOUTH | HEALTH & DISABILITIES | FAMILIES | HOUSING | HOME CARE | COMMUNITY<br />
4,508<br />
AT-RISK YOUTH<br />
WERE HELPED TO MEET<br />
THEIR EDUCATIONAL<br />
AND CAREER GOALS,<br />
FOR SUCCESS<br />
IN SCHOOL,<br />
EMPLOYMENT AND<br />
THEIR FUTURE<br />
8 <strong>FEGS</strong> Health & Human Services<br />
1<br />
report by the Center for an Urban Future,<br />
a leading New York City-based think tank,<br />
named <strong>FEGS</strong>’ Academy, for youth aging<br />
out of foster care, as a best practice model<br />
93%<br />
of young people in Pre-GED and Basic<br />
Literacy programs improved their reading<br />
by an average of 2.9 grade levels<br />
1<br />
launch of the Bronx Opportunity Network,<br />
a collaborative effort of 7 community-based<br />
organizations and <strong>FEGS</strong>, to help at-risk youth<br />
access and succeed in community college<br />
100%<br />
Brooklyn Bridge Academy, <strong>FEGS</strong>’ “Transfer<br />
School” for youth who have fallen behind or<br />
are aging out of high school, outperformed<br />
100% of peer schools in the Science<br />
Regents exams<br />
72%<br />
of students in our New York City Department<br />
of Education (DOE) supported Young Adult<br />
Borough Center (YABC) programs, for youth<br />
who have fallen behind in school, either<br />
graduated or continued their pursuit of<br />
their high school diploma, compared to an<br />
estimated graduation rate of 19% for their<br />
peers citywide<br />
700<br />
young people gained valuable on-the-job<br />
experience in subsidized internships with<br />
250 employers across New York City<br />
636<br />
out-of-school youth received academic,<br />
career and supportive services at the<br />
<strong>FEGS</strong> Bronx Youth Center<br />
1<br />
Federal Social Innovation Fund Grant awarded<br />
through the Mayor’s Center for Economic<br />
Opportunity to implement an anti-poverty<br />
program for disconnected youth<br />
220<br />
young people found employment through<br />
<strong>FEGS</strong>’ Bridge to Employment program, with<br />
62% earning salaries above the minimum wage<br />
93%<br />
six-year graduation rate for students at the<br />
Bronx Lab School, co-founded by <strong>FEGS</strong>,<br />
placing the school 20 points above New York<br />
City’s average graduation rate<br />
210<br />
students at the Business of Sports School<br />
(BOSS) studied and experienced career<br />
options in the sports industry to help prepare<br />
them for college and careers
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