Appendix 10: Assessment Results-All Respondents

Percent Yes Percent No

Assessment Questions
General Years in Existence # Employees # Programs Budget Community Served (See Detailed Responses)

Average
28 95 113 10,361,310

Fitness and Nutrition

1. What are some of the ways your organization addresses issues of improper nutrition or other unhealthy habits? (See Detailed Responses) 2. Does your organization/program document a relationship between your participants' school performance, nutrition and level of fitness? 3. Do your students participate in school breakfast programs? 4. Does your program offer intensive physical activities (i.e., organized sports, aerobics, weight training)? If you answered yes, please list the activities (See Detailed Responses) 5. What is your greatest challenge in providing fitness or nutrition programming?(See Detailed Responses) 6. What are the top two skills that you would like to see your students improve in?(See Detailed Responses)

12% 71% 71%

88% 29% 29%

Nutrition and Fitness Part A. Relationship Between Health and Fitness and Performance
10. Our agency regularly evaluates programmatic outcomes to continuously improve programs. 7. Our students reportedly participate in a number of organized sports or physical activities. 5. Our program tracks student grades and we have observed that our students receive passing grades for the majority of their classes. 4. Youth are involved in extracurricular activities that focus on health, fitness and nutrition. 1. Students have demonstrated the ability to make smart choices as they relate to physical activity and nutrition. 9. I observe a significant number of our students to be of their optimal weight for their height. 2. Students' families appear to encourage healthy lifestyles as they relate to fitness and nutrition. 1.69 2.33 2.40 2.44 2.75 2.94 3.13

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Assessment Questions
3. Students seldom demonstrate hyperactivity, short attention span and irritability. 8. Listening to our students' conversations gives me the impression that they eat 3 balanced meals per day. Average

Average
3.13 3.44 2.69

Nutrition and Fitness Part B. Organizational Capacity

10. Our agency regularly evaluates programmatic outcomes to continuously improve programs. 4. Our after school programs exhibit strong partnerships between schools, community based organizations, government agencies and other institutions. 5. Our after program allows opportunities for leadership and career development for students. 2. Our program strives to increase communications between home, school and other community based services for fitness and nutrition. 7. Our staff is adequately trained, and is available to administer the program on a daily basis. 1. Our after school program works with schools to proactively address issues of fitness and nutrition. 6. Our fitness and nutrition programs involve students and parents/guardians in the planning and implementation of the program. 3. Our program provides family supports to educate the entire family on the importance of healthy eating habits and the need for physical activities. 8. Our programs offer pre and post tests so that we may measure changes in knowledge and habits as they relate to health, fitness and nutrition. 9. Our health and fitness program has mechanisms in place to measure the impact of our program on grades and performance on standardized tests. Average 1.47 1.56 1.69 2.33 2.40 2.57 2.60 2.80 2.87 3.20 2.35

Truancy Prevention
1. What are some of the ways your organization addresses issues of attendance, class cutting and truancy? (See Detailed Responses) 2. Does your organization/program document a relationship between your participants/ school performance, and attendance? 3. Is class cutting an issue for your participants? 4. Does your program track attendance, truancy and class cutting? 5. What is your greatest challenge in providing programming to offset truancy? (See Detailed Responses)

67% 60% 60%

33% 40% 40%

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Percent Yes Percent No

6. What are the top two skills that your would like to see your students improve in? (See Detailed Responses)

Assessment Questions

Average

Truancy Prevention Part A. Causes of Truancy

Potential
2.67 2.75 2.75 2.80 2.80 2.81 2.93 3.00 3.07 3.56 2.91

1. Students come to school prepared to do school work (e.g., they have books, papers, pencil; have completed their homework) 6. The parents and the schools work together to adequately monitor student attendance. 10. Parents are often informed and participate in meetings, or other special events at their child's school. 2. Students have the social skills necessary to be successful in a school environment (communication, cooperation, following rules, etc.) 5. The youth are seldom late, or cut classes in the middle of the day. 3. Students have the basic skills that will enable them to learn (e.g., reading, writing, math) 4. The school environment is perceived by students to be safe. 7. Parents take an active role in their child's academics (e.g. homework, preparedness). 9. Students see the connection between school and career. 8. Negative events in the child's home life do not interfere with students' learning. Average

Truancy Prevention Part B. Organizational Capacity

3. Our after school programs exhibit strong partnerships between schools, community based organizations, government agencies and other institutions. 8. Our school/after school program offers effective behavioral incentives for students geared toward increasing attendance. Incentives tends to be recognition based, but may include special experiences for even monetary rewards. 5. Our programs simultaneously focus on prevention and intervention. 7. Our program is designed to allow students to take an active role in the design and implementation of the program. 4. We engage parents/guardians as a natural course of events, not just when things re not going well. 9. Our program works with the school to ensure that there are clear plans for re-integration and academic recovery once a student returns to school. 1. Our after school program works with schools to proactively address student tardiness, class cutting and absenteeism. 1.38

1.87 1.94 2.00 2.13 2.54 2.63

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6. Our truancy program is prepared to handle many situations, including helping a family obtain counseling; advocating for a family to receive entitlement benefits such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); negotiating a new school schedule for students; helping students figure out transportation solutions, and other more traditional social work activities such as mental health evaluation and counseling services. 2. Our program provides family supports such as parenting workshops and classes to enhance parenting skills. Average

Assessment Questions

Average

2.73 2.80 2.22