Neighborhood Focus

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“Founded in 2003 and formally organized as a 501(c)(3) non-profit in 2007, neighborhood focus is a free, faith-based out-of-school time (extended learning) program that provides year round steam-focused academic support, spiritual enrichment, character education, and life skills development for childrenand students ages 1st-12th grades in the white horse road corridor of greenville, sc. Our mission is to create eternal hope and real opportunities for at-risk and under-resourced children. The goal is to provide students and their families with a solid foundation for future success.”

“Corridor of greenville, neighborhood focus employs a holistic approach to provide access to a high-quality expanded learning program, reduce risky adolescent behaviors, and develop students' post-secondary skills for career and life success. Historically, neighborhood focus primarily served elementary-aged students. To help address an unmet need in the community to provide quality programs designed specifically for middle and high school students as well, we expanded our program offerings over the past 18-months to include separate but similar programs for elementary age children(called launch) and middle and high school students(called accelerate). Our three core programs, benefitting approximately 450 persons per year, include the following: afterschool, friday night club and summer enrichment program. Afterschool is a free program operating monday through friday during the school year from 2:45 to 6:00 pm which provides homework assistance, academic tutoring in reading and math, steam-focused(science, technology, engineering and math) learning enrichment, character education, life skills, career readiness, and recreation. On tuesdays, students will participate in facilitator-led experiential stem learning activities for approximately 45 minutes. Thursday provide 45 minutes of focused time on career readiness, alternating on a weekly basis between job and life skills curriculum and career discovery days with an emphasis on stem pathways. Monday and wednesday activities focus on a combination of character education and wellness(fitness, spirituality, and nutrition. Friday night club meets 1-3 fridays per month, generally from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Friday night club provides a structured time for students, their friends, families and mentors to relax, have fun and build relationships through games, discipleship, character education and field trips. Organized recreation, group activities, family devotion time, and a hot meal are provided throughout the school year to all participants. Summer enrichment program is an immersive day camp that operates over 8 weeks from mid-june to early august. The highly structured, holistic program, led in part and supported by locally-based adolescent and young adults that have been positively impacted by neighborhood focus, is a combination vacation bible school and academic enrichment program designed to offset the summer learning slide through an emphasis on steam learning, character education, and personal discipleship. The program is organized to meet students' needs through physical, spiritual, educational and social training. Elements of the program include bible study, worship and music, reading, arts and crafts, sports and recreation, practical living skills lessons and a mix of fun and educatoinal off-site field trips. Without access to a quality afterschool program, adequate educational experiences, and mentoring in steam fields, large segments of the under- resourced hispanic student population will be ill-prepared to participate effectively in the modern steam-based workplace. Neighborhood focus is committed to providing greenville's hispanic children and students with a safe and fun place to go when school is out where they can be comfortable being themselves, create new, healthy friendships, develop positive characer traits, and learn how to lead a christ-centered life that positions them for success after high school.”

“Food & drinks 2,312 0 0 field trips 1,347 0 0 special events 2,300 0 0 sports & recreation 220 0 0 transportation 7,958 0 0 supplies 9,585 0 0 other expenses 2,093 0 0 volunteer expenses 653 0 0 outreach programs 39 0 0 outreach ministry 48,000 0 0 music 155 0 0 outside contract fees 0 2,738 0 total 74,662 2,738 0”