Neighbor-to-Neighbor

Contents 3
Letter From the Mayor
Executive Summary
Introduction
Methodology
Initiatives Overview
Youth
Elderly
Infrastructure Initiatives
Acknowledgements
Appendices
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Neighbor-to-Neighbor Executive Summary
Mayor Dwight C. Jones’ vision is to “Build a Better Richmond” by creating a Tier One City that offers
a safe, supportive and culturally diverse environment – with world-class education, high-performance
government operating with fiscal responsibility, access to health care, thriving economic development, and
inclusive and unique neighborhoods.
Key to fulfilling the City of Richmond’s mission has been the creation of Neighbor-To-Neighbor (N2N), the
service department of the City of Richmond focused on increasing collaborative-based civic engagement and
volunteerism throughout the City of Richmond - built around Mayor Jones’ anti-poverty initiative and driven
by the seven components of the City’s Balanced Scorecard:
• Unique and Inclusive Neighborhoods
• Community Safety and Well-Being
• Education and Workforce Development
• Economic Growth
• Transportation Infrastructure
• Well-Managed Government
• Sustainability & The Natural Environment
Through the Office of the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Human Services and spearheaded by
Richmond’s Chief Service Officer, Paul Manning, N2N creates partnerships with citizens, government
employees, businesses, clubs, civic organizations, faith communities, schools, colleges and universities to
help the City of Richmond deliver on its promise to become a city where we will not send our neighbor in
need away when we have it in our power to give. We will help neighbors from one end of Richmond to the
other – Neighbor-To-Neighbor.
N2N Mission: To bring out the best in all citizens as we support our neighbors with a commitment to
service.
N2N Vision: Through meaningful integration of volunteers, the Neighbor-to-Neighbor (N2N) Program
will provide extraordinary civic engagement, whereby the City of Richmond will be strengthened through
cultivated relationships in each neighborhood.
N2N Values: Neighbor-to-Neighbor (N2N) causes citizens to aspire to be in closer relationship with their
neighbors with an express need to help the children, youth, elderly and persons with disabilities who reside
within the City of Richmond.
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N2N helps more Richmonders connect to service opportunities more easily.
N2N creates and/or elevates volunteer opportunities that address the City’s most urgent needs.
N2N helps public and non-profit agencies to use volunteers more effectively and strategically.
N2N promotes service as a core part of what it means to be a citizen of Richmond.
N2N measures progress against clear goals and creates accountability for results.
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N2N’s Three Strategies
After three months of conducting various landscape analyses and forums pertaining to the city’s critical needs
to discover the potential of volunteerism as a solution, the City of Richmond’s N2N initiative has developed a
comprehensive service plan focusing on three specific areas of volunteerism:
1. EXTERNAL Community Service Opportunities
N2N promotes volunteer opportunities offered by hundreds of non-profit and faith-based
organizations located within the City of Richmond through collaborative partnerships with various
service organizations such as Hands On Greater Richmond, AARP and others to ensure that the City of
Richmond is promoting “service as solutions” opportunities to all who desire to give back.
2. INTERNAL Service Opportunities
N2N promotes volunteer opportunities offered by various City of Richmond governmental
departments.
3. HIGH IMPACT Service Opportunities
N2N promotes volunteer opportunities offered by both City of Richmond governmental departments and
collaborative outside non-profit and faith-based organizations that align with the City’s Balanced Scorecard
and Anti-Poverty Initiative. High Impact Service Opportunities address, by way of volunteerism as a
solution, critical issues affecting the high-risk populations of youth, elderly, and persons with disabilities
who reside in Richmond. With regard to these three demographics, N2N’s High Impact Service Opportunities
address the critical issues, as well as providing key volunteer objectives listed below:
Youth
• Critical Issue #1 - Ensuring better academic
preparedness of elementary school students.
• Volunteer Objective - Increasing the number of
children 0-5 who enter school ready to learn.
• Critical Issue #2 - Raising the number of eighth
graders who successfully transition to high school
on time.
• Volunteer Objective - Increasing the number of
middle school students who receive mentoring and
tutoring.
• Critical Issue #3 - Improving the graduation rate of
high school students and better preparing them to be
Richmond’s future workforce.
• Volunteer Objective - Increasing the number of
high school students - truant, at danger of dropping
out, or who have dropped out - having face-to-face
contact with mentors.
Elderly
• Critical Issue #1 - Expanding services to
vulnerable seniors, including educational, financial,
social and physical development.
• Volunteer Objective - Increasing the number of
vulnerable seniors involved in weekly/monthly
learning programs.
• Critical Issue #2 - Reducing safety and security
risks of vulnerable seniors.
• Volunteer Objective - Increasing the number of
house/property revitalization projects.
Persons with disabilities
• Critical Issue - Assisting with household services
and socialization.
• Volunteer Objective - Increasing the number of
house visits per month.
Note: With the launch of the N2N service plan, the initial focus will be on the three critical issues facing youth,
as well as Critical Issue #1 facing the ELDERLY. As successes are achieved, N2N will add initiatives to address
Critical Issue #2 affecting the ELDERLY as well as issues facing PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
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Introduction
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Leadership Grant. Funded jointly by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Rockefeller Foundation,
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Service in Our City
A comprehensive landscape analysis to obtain a
full assessment of community assets, volunteer opportunities
and service was the first step in the
Mayor’s Neighbor-to-Neighbor (N2N) implementation
plan. This assessment was crucial for the development
of an N2N service plan that meets the
city’s greatest needs and taps into all of the community’s
many strengths.
The initial phase of the N2N assessment focused on assessing the strengths and interests
of the city’s workforce to engage in community service. To identify employees’ areas of
interest, a survey was conducted to create appropriate volunteer job opportunities. Volunteer
job descriptions for city agencies were created outlining project requirements, such
as location, beginning and end dates of project, skills, certifications if necessary, frequency
and contact person. The second stage of the lanscape analysis was a community-wide assessment
of service. The N2N initiative formed strong partnerships with primary volunteer
organizations, such as AmeriCorps, United Way of Greater Richmond & Petersburg, Hands
on Greater Richmond and Greater Richmond Volunteer Association. In addition, the city
surveyed faith-based organizations of all denominations, corporations, other non-profit organizations
and colleges and universities to engage them in the assessment process of the
city’s volunteerism initiative.
Following this process, data compiled from the surveys was used to develop a comprehensive
landscape analysis to inform the N2N citywide service plan and act as a benchmark measurement
to build upon. Furthermore, the Chief Service Officer continues to recruit and encourage
cohesiveness among all key players in the increased service initiative, including the
volunteer organizations, non-profit groups, and the valuable resources of area universities.
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Initiatives Overview
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During the alisit, first con ullam phase illutpat. of its Duisi. comprehensive, city-wide service plan, N2N will focus on six
key initiatives At, commy as nosto HIGH dolore IMPACT dolorti Service ncilit veniame Opportunities. tumsandio N2N’s cor susci specific tat. purpose, and collaboration
Sim with zzrilit its acil High essendiamet Impact nostio Partnering diam, suscil Agencies ipit ing (HIPAs), er ad tat. is Cilla to show facilisisim clear zzrit progress ullutpat ad in tatem am, sissiscillan
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addressing dit vel pressing elit luptat city ip esseniamcons challenges by essequis recruiting nibh eros 470 amcons new volunteers adigna conumsandrem in 2011, 795 vullaore volun-feteers in minis 2012, nulluptate and 1105 magniamet volunteers lutpatem in 2013. verat, sum Below autat, are vel the dolore six magna HIGH IMPACT feu feugait Initiatives, doloreet, commodi amcons nit
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with volunteer venim inciduis descriptions adit la feuisl and ectem key objectives in heniatuer detailed ip eratum in vercil the digna following facillum pages: zzrit alit lumsan henisi tie do ea aute
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• Mentoring dui er acin Children vulputa of tuercidunt Prisoners irit ut ip esto od deliqua mconse miniat volorer ostinim veliquat ipsuscilisim vel eugait
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• Money quisl Management eraestrud tissi blandionsed Bill Payers ming etummy nullan henim acilisim quat.
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enibh ex eum in hent nonseni ssequatis enim illam, commolobore vulla at lan ullan endit, quamet praesse dunt adiamet
lum quat. In • Communities Schools
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six is achieved.
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Foster and
support volunteer
opportunities, by
inspiring residents
to help
facilitate our youth
in an effort to
develop the future
leaders of
Richmond, VA
Youth
OMMY NONSE CORE
Mayor Jones and city leaders have identified the following as specific challenges with the city’s youth
population:
• Ensuring better academic preparedness of elementary students.
• Raising the number of youth successfully transitioning from middle
school to high school on time.
• Improving the high school graduation rate and better preparing Richmond’s future
workforce.
Several important initiatives have already been implemented to improve educational achievements and
increase volunteerism for all Richmonders, including:
• The Mayor’s Youth Academy is working with Richmond youth to better prepare them for potential
careers in city government.
• The Richmond Public School’s Project Recovery uses volunteers to make face-to-face contacts
with children and families of children who are truant, in danger of dropping out, or
have already dropped out of school.
• The Early Childhood Development Initiative is to ensure that Richmond’s children ages five
and under will be healthy, well-cared for and ready to succeed in school.
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OMMY NONSE CORE
Challenge:
Initiative:
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Ensuring better academic preparedness of elementary school students, raising the
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Mentoring Children of Prisoners
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New Jubilee Educational and Family Life Center
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of 120 matches in the second year; and 120 existing and 60 new mentor/mentee
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Lead Partner:
Description:
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Challenge:
Ensuring better academic preparedness of elementary school students.
Initiative:
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Challenge:
Ensuring better academic preparedness of elementary school students, raising the
number of middle school students transitioning to high school on time, and reducing
absenteeism rates among high school students that are truant, at danger of dropping
out, or who have dropped out of school.
Initiative:
Lead Partner:
Economic and Personal
Finance Education For Youth
Junior Achievement
Description:
Through a dedicated volunteer network, Junior Achievement (JA) of Central Virginia
provides in-school and after-school programs for K-12 students which focus on three
key areas: work readiness, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy. JA’s mission is to
participate in the education of students in Central Virginia so that each child understands
and believes in their potential to succeed in our free enterprise society and in
life. The purpose for JA’s programs is to bring role models from the business community
into classrooms and deliver educational programs about free enterprise, economics,
and personal finance - enhanced by their own real world experiences.
For the 2009-2010 school year, JA worked with over 1,200 volunteers and brought JA
programs to more than 20,000 students in the Greater Richmond area. JA provides
curriculum and training for volunteers from the community who then get matched
with a local classroom. JA’s programs span grades k-12 with age-appropriate curricula
designed to teach elementary students about their roles as individuals, workers, and
consumers and to prepare middle grade and high school students for key economic
and workforce issues they will face. In addition to bringing the free enterprise system
to life in the classroom, JA’s programs teach youngsters the importance of staying in
school. JA also offers programs for young people who may have difficulty graduating
from high school.
In 2010, JACV had a class fill rate of 82%, filling 230 classes out of 280 requests.
As of January 2010, approximately 300 teachers with an average class size of 20
children expressed an interest in this curriculum. However, with a lack of volunteers,
this request, which would impact 6,000 students, has gone unfulfilled. In partnership
with N2N, JACV will increase its programs in Richmond City Public Schools through
increased traditional programming, creative partnerships, and exciting new programs. By
increasing class requests by 25 per year and increasing class fill rates by 5% per year
(peaking at 97% to allow for drops by teacher or matched volunteer due to external
factors), the projected classes/volunteers is expected to increase to 355 volunteers/
7100 students served (366 class requests) in the year 2014. This growth is fueled by
the support N2N will provide - and will ultimately lead to improved academic performance
and financial literacy.
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Challenge:
Initiative:
Lead Partner:
Description:
Raising the number of middle school youth transitioning from middle school to high
school on time
Higher Achievement
Higher Achievement
Dr. Yvonne Brandon, Superintendent of Richmond Public Schools, invited Higher
Achievement to help Richmond’s middle school students in greatest economic need
navigate a path to academic success. In June 2011, in partnership with N2N, Higher
Achievement Richmond will open two Achievement Centers and begin delivering its
year-round rigorous academic programming to 120 5th and 6th graders from Northside
and Southside neighborhoods. Centers will be based at Henderson and Boushall
Middle Schools which are both Title I schools with 90% of students eligible for free
and reduced meals, 92% of students of color, and 36% of families living below the
poverty line.
Higher Achievement Richmond scholars will participate in 650 hours of Higher
Achievement programming annually. Each year we will add a new class of 5th graders,
scaling to serve 500 5th - 8th graders by 2014. The program model consists of
three components:
1.
2.
3.
Summer Academy (launching June 2011)
After-School Academy (launching October 2011)
High School Placement (launching October 2012)
Higher Achievement succeeds because of the dedication of its mentors, who are
volunteers from the community, local businesses, public agencies and universities.
During the After-School Academy from October – May of each year, each scholar is
teamed with three mentors, one for each core subject. These mentors provide ongoing
academic guidance and personal support.
Higher Achievement will begin recruiting 120 volunteer mentors in early spring 2011
to begin their service in October 2011. Volunteers will commit to mentoring three
scholars, one evening per week for two hours, for 25 weeks from October – May.
Prior to the start of the After-School Academy, Higher Achievement will provide in
depth training in mentoring best practices (in partnership with Virginia Mentoring
Partnership), teaching Higher Achievement’s curriculum, employing Advancing Youth
Development behavior management principals, and embodying Higher Achievement’s
culture of spirit, respect, excellence and collaboration. Mentors will be provided
weekly lesson plans and all materials needed for each mentoring session.
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Challenge:
Initiative:
Lead Partner:
Description:
Raising the number of middle school youth transitioning from middle school to high
school on time
Communities In Schools (CIS)
Communities In Schools
N2N is partnering with Communities in Schools to provide mentors for approximately
100 new students at each middle school in Richmond, to grow the program and
help bring it to scale. In part nership with RPS and regional businesses, Communities
In Schools of Richmond (CIS) will engage employees in various mentoring capacities
with students, serving each middle school beginning SY 2011-12. CIS of Richmond is
devoted to serving the stu dents in 24 Richmond Public Schools by connecting community
resources with schools to help every child gain access to the “Five Basics”:
(1) A personal one-on-one rela tionship with a caring adult; (2) A safe place to learn
and grow; (3) A healthy start and a healthy future; (4) A marketable skill to use upon
graduation; and (5) A chance to give back to peers and community.
To realize the goal of providing 100 students at each middle school with a one-toone
mentor, businesses will be adopt a school and encourage their employees to
volunteer in the middles schools in various ways. Opportunities include, but are not
limited to serving on a speaker’s bureau to inspire students through the sharing of
their career experiences, group mentoring in a classroom to work on special projects,
activities or development opportunities, and one-to-one mentoring relationships.
Opportunities for volunteer engagement will be made available throughout the school
day and after school hours. This initiative focuses on academic support, enrichment
opportunities and positive relationships, while supporting students during key transitional
periods in their educational careers.
Approximately 1,000 volunteers will be needed in school year 2011. We hope to provide
a variety of weekly, monthly and yearlong mentoring opportunities for mentors
and mentees. From a qualitative standpoint, we hope to see measurable improvements
in behaviors, grades, attendance and inevitably promotion rates. We also hope
to see evidence and application of skills learned as a result the mentoring relationships.
The long term goal (five years) would be to provide each middle school student
with a mentor, at which time we would require approximately 5000 volunteers.
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Increase
volunteerism
to improve the
health and
safety of our
elderly
population and
persons with
disabilities.
Elderly and Persons
with Disabilities
Mayor Jones recognizes the necessity of supporting the elderly population of Richmond in ensuring
seniors have adequate access to care, adequate living environments and reduced safety and security
risks. The elderly population is increasingly important in contributing valuable time and energy to civic
engagement projects around the Greater Richmond area.
Several important initiatives have been implemented to improve and support living environments for the
elderly, as well as to engage senior citizens in civic engagement activities and volunteer work.
• The Office of Aging and Disabilities is working with the elderly population of Richmond
through “friendly visits” that focus on socialization, health and well-being of this population.
• In addition, the Office of Aging, Disabilities and Volunteerism uses volunteers to identify and
assist in necessary home repairs for the elderly.
• The Office of the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Human Services facilitates a senior
help line (804.646.1082) to enhance the delivery of services to older citizens.
Building upon these existing efforts, the new N2N service initiatives will provide Richmond residents with
expanded opportunities to get involved in supporting the needs of the elderly population. Specifically,
Mayor Jones and city leaders have identified the following as specific challenges with the city’s elderly
population:
• Expanding services to vulnerable seniors, including educational, financial, social and physical
development
• Reducing safety and security risks
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Challenge:
Initiative:
Lead Partner:
Description:
Expanding services to vulnerable seniors, including educational, financial, social and
physical development.
Money Management Bill Payers
Senior Connections
This initiative will expand opportunities for vulnerable seniors residing in Richmond to
broaden their learning skills through one-on-one guidance from volunteers within the City
of Richmond government (employees), partnering financial agencies, as well as the general
public.
Senior Connections, The Capital Area Agency on Aging, is a private nonprofit, 501(c)
(3) organization. The mission of the Agency is to help older adults maintain their independence
in their homes and communities with support to prevent or delay more costly
services such as assisted living, nursing home care, and repeat hospital visits. The Agency
has served the City of Richmond and other localities in Virginia Planning District 15 since
1973. There are 25 Area Agencies on Aging in Virginia and almost 700 throughout the
United States.
As a regional organization, Senior Connections serves as the umbrella for home and community
based programs that meet a range of needs. The Agency also serves as a community
resource for seniors, persons with disabilities and caregivers. Senior Connections
has many volunteer opportunities to engage older adults as well as multi-generations.
Volunteers provide support services to seniors in need, address issues that adversely impact
the community, give of their time to advocate on public policy concerns and donate
hours to help government and nonprofit groups deliver products and activities. While
Senior Connections promotes volunteer opportunities for all ages, it especially encourages
individuals age 55 and older to become involved with civic engagement that matches their
time availability, interest, expertise and experience. The contributions of volunteers significantly
impact the Community’s overall economy, wellbeing and vitality.
The Money Management Bill Payers initiative matches volunteers with seniors who need
help managing their personal finances. This includes assisting with writing checks to pay
bills, balancing checking accounts and planning budgets. Many of the seniors assisted have
health, cognitive or financial problems that prevent them from managing their business
affairs. They may either forget to pay monthly bills or do not have the resources to do
so. Some have gotten into trouble with credit card debt. The Program’s volunteers visit the
homes of the seniors they assist at least once a month to write out checks for bills, help
balance their checkbooks, and assist with budget ing. Volunteers also help identify other
resources that may be available to the seniors. These volunteers are on the front line
for helping vulnerable seniors age in place suc cessfully and remain in their homes and
communities. This is also a preventive program that can help reduce fraud and financial
exploitation of vulnerable elderly citizens who must rely on others to manage their financial
affairs.
The Money Management Program currently has 50 volunteers, and this N2N initiative will
expand it to provide more volunteers who assist more seniors. Current goals are to expand
the program by 200% to serve more than 150 seniors - with more than 150 volunteers
- thereby significantly helping Richmond’s senior population better manage their
personal finances.
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Infrastructure
Initiatives
There are many cross-cutting challenges that must be overcome in order for Mayor Jones’
vision for Richmond - becoming a Tier 1 city - to be realized. Cross-cutting challenges include
overarching barriers and methodological challenges that have been historically present in most
sectors of life of Richmond’s crisis communities, preventing deep transformation and systemic
change. Examples of some of these cross-cutting barriers are:
• Recruiting Mentors who are willing to commit to a one-to-one relationship with a child in the
community where the child lives
• Securing matching funds to ensure program continuation
• Making it easy for city residents to find meaningful service opportunities
• Encouraging non-profits to tap into key populations in the city to serve, including the large
pool of volunteers with professional skills
• Measuring the impact of service efforts
• Building the capacity of many volunteer-using organizations to recruit, train, and manage
volunteers effectively
• Simplifying the process for willing and potential volunteers to easily determine critical needs
in the community and get plugged in quickly and efficiently
The N2N Service Plan includes the creation of two infrastructure initiatives that will help to
address the need for greater organizational collaboration, program synthesis and lasting results
by helping to bring attention to critical organization interaction effects and linkages among
different initiatives, across various sectors. Its two components are:
1. The N2N Brigade - a coalition of collaborative agencies providing volunteer resources and
training for individuals and groups from the non-profit, faith, educational, governmental,
corporate and philanthropic sectors - as well as volunteer program management/consulting.
2. The N2N Web site and collaborative partners’ various media tools. These synchronized web
portals will provide valuable information to both existing and potential volunteers on opportunities
to serve, get trained, and make a difference.
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Acknowledgements
A very special thank you to the core group of organizations whose vision
and collaboration was central to informing the development of the
Neighbor-to-Neighbor Service Plan.
United Way of Greater Richmond
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Dept. of Social Services
HandsOn Greater Richmond
University of Richmond
AARP
The Corporation for National and Community Service
Thank you to the following organizations and individuals that graciously
provided leadership, information and support for Neighbor-to-Neighbor:
Mayor Dwight C. Jones, Byron C. Marshall (CAO), Dr. Carolyn N. Graham (DCAO - Human Services),
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Bloomberg Philanthropies, Rockefeller Foundation, Cities of
Service, Sagawa/Jospin, McKinsey & Company, City of Richmond, area churches, synagogues and
mosques, City of Richmond’s Aging & Disabilities Initiative, The Mayor’s Youth Academy, Richmond
Hill Ecumenical Community, North Richmond Revitalization Coalition, Richmond Raiders, Virginia
Union University, Virginia Mentoring Partnership, Richmond Public Schools, Bridging Richmond, Boys
& Girls Club of Greater Richmond.
This plan would not have been possible without the energy and enthusiasm
of the following:
E. Yvette Jones (City of Richmond - Manager, Office of Aging & Disabilities Initiative)
Jennifer Swinson (City of Richmond - Administrator of Community Programs)
Carla Childs (City of Richmond - Project Management Analyst)
Dylan Schepps, Oliver Pace (AmeriCorps Volunteers)
Kevin Wilson (University of Richmond Bonner Scholar)
The Neighbor-to-Neighbor Advisory Board and the Mayor’s Service Advisory Council
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Initiatives at a Glance
Youth Initiatives Description Metric Lead Launch
Mentoring Children of
Prisoners
Utilizes the technology
of videoconferencing
and partnerships
with various agencies
such as Prison
Fellowship and the
North Richmond Revitalization
Coalition
to effectively mentor
children with incarcerated
parents.
By 2013, pair mentors with
40% of children of prisoners
in three Richmond zipcodes,
reaching 100% of these children
by 2016 (~450 children).
As a result of the mentoring
relationship, children will
strengthen their relationship
with incarcerated parents and
increase their knowledge of
careers.
Lead Partner:
New Jubilee
Educational and
Family Life Center
Additional Partners:
Prison Fellowship,
North Richmond
Revitalization
Coalition
Spring
2011
Higher Achievement
Volunteer mentors
teach Higher Achievement’s
evidence-based
curriculum to help
Richmond’s middle
school students in
greatest economic
need navigate a path
to academic success.
By 2014, provide the Higher
Achievement mentoring
enrichment program to 300
students annually in two
target schools. As a result
of program participation,
students will improve attendance,
grades, and scores
on standardized tests.
Lead Partner:
Higher Achievement
Spring
2011
Faith-based Nurturing
Parenting Collaborative
Volunteers from local
churches expand
opportunities for
Richmond parents and
grandparents of young
children to strengthen
their parenting skills
through the 15-week
evidence-based Nurturing
Parent Program.
By 2016, train 300 parents
annually - tripling the number
of parents the program
could serve on its own. As
a result of program participation,
90% of adult
graduates will show improvement
in at least one
area of parenting attitude,
knowledge or practice.
Lead partner:
Early Childhood
Development
Initiative
Additional partners:
Richmond faith
community
January
2012
Economic and
Personal Finance
Education for Youth
Volunteers from the
business community
go into classrooms
and deliver educational
programs about
free enterprise, economics,
and personal
finance - enhanced
by their own real
world experiences.
By 2014, provide Junior
Achievement educational and
life-skill programming to 7,100
students annually in the Richmond
Public School system.
The result of program participation
will be student improvement
in areas of grades,
scores on standardized tests,
and financial literacy for success
in life.
Lead Partner:
Junior Achievement
Spring
2011
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Initiatives at a Glance
Youth Initiatives Cont. Description Metric Lead Launch
Communities in
Schools
Partner with Richmond
Public Schools and regional
businesses to engage
employees in various
mentoring capacities
with students, providing
one-to-one mentoring for
middle school students
Provide mentors for
approximately 100
students in 2011-
2012 school year. By
2015, provide mentors
for 5,000 students
Lead Partner:
Communities
in Schools
(CIS)
Spring
2011
Elderly Initiatives Description Metric Lead Launch
Money Management
Bill Payers
Volunteers provide
Richmond seniors
with one-on-one
and group learning
sessions to help
them manage their
personal finances
and avoid being
scammed.
By 2014, provide 500 seniors
annually with a volunteer
“Money Management Bill
Payer.” As a result, 95% of
participating seniors will show
improvement in at least one
area of financial management/personal
finances.
Lead Partner:
Senior
Connections
Spring
2011
Infrastructure Initiatives Description Metric Lead Launch
N2N Brigade
A coalition of collaborative
agencies providing volunteer
training for individuals and
groups from the non-profit,
faith, educational, governmental,
corporate, and philanthropic
sectors - as well
as volunteer program management/consulting
Number of new volunteer
opportunities created by
N2N Brigade members
Lead Partner:
Virginia
Mentoring
Partnership
Spring
2011
N2N Web site
Multiple web portals will provide
valuable information to
both existing and potential
volunteers on opportunities
to serve, get trained, and
make a difference
By 2013, increase the
number of volunteers
serving annually by
50%
Lead Partner:
N2N,
N2N HIPA’s,
N2N Brigade
partners
Spring
2011
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