Outcomes
Results
| Education
| Job Training | Early Intervention + Prevention | Getting Youth Off the Streets | Other Program Measures + Outcomes |
Given that three-quarters of older homeless youth are high school drop-outs, providing them with an education is essential to their long-term success.The New Avenues Alternative School offers homeless youth academic remediation that leads to a high school equivalency diploma, re-entry into high school, college placement and preparation, and college financial aide.
| Outcome | Result |
| Total number of youth who have received their GED | Over 200 |
| Number of Youth who have enrolled in post-secondary education | Over 90 |
Promoting Avenues to Employment (PAVE), New Avenues' highly regarded job training program, prepares and places homeless and at-risk youth into internships and jobs. All of the program's training curricula are designed in partnership with private sector employer advisory committees to meet the needs of local businesses. The job training program has achieved remarkable success in placing youth into jobs because of its strong partnerships with over 75 employers who often participate in classroom training.
| Outcome | Result |
| Youth currrently obtaining employment | 99 |
| Youth in internships, vocational training or work experience | 46 |
The Fostering Independence Project is designed to prevent teens 13-17 from running away from foster care placement or exiting foster care without the support and skills they need to prevent homelessness and to thrive. Through early identification and engagement of at-risk foster youth, New Avenues can provide the resources for those youth to achieve their educational, employment, and personal goals.
| Outcome | Result |
Studies show that homeless youth cannot permanently leave the streets until they are stable - meaning they are engaged in counseling, accessing support services, taking care of their physical and mental health issues, and developing educational and employment skills.
| Outcome | Result |
| Youth served by Day Services Center | 444 |
| Youth accessing Day Services Center who committed to case management | 180 |
Once New Avenues has successfully engaged youth in case management, the primary objective is to get them off the streets and into a safe and stable living situation. Case managers work with youth to reunite them with their families, when appropriate or to move them towards self-sufficiency. When reunification is not possible, case managers help to connect youth with stable housing and, in some cases, with group homes or treatment facilities.
| Outcome | Result |
| Youth who successfully exited street life | 104 |