LIVE THE VICTORY INC (dba The Matthews House)
Growing Stronger Together
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Youth Program
The Youth Program walks alongside youth by providing comprehensive case management, connecting them to community resources, and empowering them to develop self-sufficiency and a healthy lifestyle.
This program serves youth involved in the juvenile justice system, youth who are homeless or don’t have a support system, and every single youth aging out of foster care in Larimer County is referred to the Empowering Youth Program for services.
Family Program
The Families Program helps families in crisis achieve stability by connecting them to community resources, developing sustainable supports, and offering one-on-one case management. The Strengthening Families Program serves families involved with the Department of Human Services, many of whom are dealing with major challenges, like homelessness, substance abuse, or domestic violence.
Community Life Centers
The CLC's focus on preventing families from falling into crisis. By offering services in the areas of family support, education, career development, and well-being, our Community Life Centers are one-stop shops for families needing extra support.
Where we work
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of youth and families for whom a strengths-based assessment is completed
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Community Life Centers
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of clients for whom the transition plan is fully implemented (including receipt of all services as planned)
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Youth Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of direct care staff who received training in trauma informed care
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of parents engaged in fewer acts of abuse and neglect of their children
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Family Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of youth who report less likelihood to engage in criminal activity
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Youth Program
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Average number of service recipients per month
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Community Life Centers
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We serve 3,309 Northern Colorado youth and families annually.
Number of service recipients who are employed
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Family Program
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
In our Children and Family division, 73% of participants have full-time or part-time employment.
Number of children served
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Youth Program
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
We serve 423 youth ages 12-23 annually.
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The Matthews House aims to help clients break cycles of generational poverty and abuse, to diminish the occurrence of child maltreatment, and to keep families intact in order to prevent children and youth from entering the foster care system. We aim to prevent youth and families from becoming a part of human service and justice systems. Our overarching goal is to ensure that youth, families and the greater community have the skills and support system needed to transition successfully to self-sufficiency and economic stability in order to become contributors of the community.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We strategically break down barriers that often prevent youth and families from becoming successful. This includes providing childcare while parents further their education and skill sets, and transportation for youth and families who need assistance getting to school, work and necessary appointments. We also keep our prevention programs and community based locations open on Saturdays, which provide a “one stop shop" for youth and families to access all of the resources they may need.
Our multi-service organization delivers holistic intervention and prevention services to best serve our community. Through community needs assessments, we have identified gaps in services in our community and have built our organization to meet those needs. All programs include Transition Facilitation (case management), One-to-One Mentoring/Family Coaching, Experiential Educational Activities, Leadership Development, Social Activities, After School Academic and Non-Academic Activities, Early Childhood Activities and Learning Opportunities for children 0-8, and Parenting Classes.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
The majority of staff, which we refer to as Transition Facilitators, have Bachelor degrees in Social Work or related Human Service fields or have comparable experience working with at-risk youth and families. 25% of our staff are bilingual compared to 11% in the overall community. We also rely on collaborations with community partners and volunteers to foster community cohesion and provide greater impact in the lives of youth and families.
Our programs operate based on an established level of evidence, using the Transition to Independence Process (TIP) system. The National Network of Youth Transition reports better outcomes across postsecondary indicators of educational vocational training and incarceration for former TIP program participants. The constructs of evidence based Motivational Interviewing (Miller and Moyers, 2006) and the Trans-theoretical Model of Behavior Change (TTM) by James Prochaska and Carlo DiClementeis are client centered, directive, and help the participants of TMH programs increase internal motivation for change through resolution of ambivalence and an increase in perceived self-efficacy. Positive Youth Development along with Search Institutes 40 Developmental Assets are used in working with youth and families. Research indicates that young people who are surrounded by a variety of opportunities for engagement encounter less risk and ultimately show evidence of higher rates of successful transitions into adulthood (Alberts, Chase, Naudeau, Phelps, & Lerner, 2006; Bandy & Moore, 2009). We also design all interaction in our classes and activities with the 6 protective factors of Strengthening Families Illinois in mind. Fidelity to all models is maintained by program directors auditing cases and continued training for all staff.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
With our very positive outcomes over the last ten years, we have received an increasing number of referrals for our services. As we serve more clients, we have the opportunity to reach youth and families before crisis occurs. Our current planning efforts involve addressing change management as our organization continues to grow and is considered by our community as an agency that successfully helps youth and families navigate through difficult times. Along the way we have transformed our thinking and leadership style. What started as an organization providing crisis intervention services to youth, pulling them out of the raging river, has broadened to include prevention services. We've moved upstream to stop youth from falling in the river in the first place. We now provide a full scope of services with economic stability being our defining goal for all clients.
Due to our success, 16 other counties across Colorado have visited The Matthews House in hopes to replicate our model of service. We know we are embarking on a new definition of performance and feel imitation is the best form of flattery. Our performance has led to community awards highlighting our innovative actions (http://www.mycommunityfoundationnc.org/june2015). We were asked to present at the National Differential Response Conference in Seattle, WA (2014) with our local Child Welfare Director on the innovative approach in breaking down silos so that county government and nonprofits can work together to better serve families. We are also hearing from former clients about our effectiveness in their lives.
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LIVE THE VICTORY INC (dba The Matthews House)
Board of directorsas of 01/26/2024
Noelle Hagen
Royce Glader
Seth Silvers
Maggie Greene
Brittany Pearce
Bri Brown
Jesse Patton
Noelle Hagan
Judy Rodriguez
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