INSTITUTE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH INC
Youth and Families First
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
After immigrating to the U.S. from Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean in 1972 IDAAY founder S. Archye Leacock experienced first hand the challenges of being young, low-income and a person of color in Philadelphia. After years of teaching at Temple University in political science he went on to found IDAAY to address the multitude of institutional challenges minority youth face, as cited in numerous academic and government reports( low educational achievement, violent crime, unemployment, and family dysfunction), S. Archye Leacock recognized that the layers of institutional change would not be easy and consequently he and the co-founders envisioned a developmental landscape in which its youth and adult leaders would be inspired to achieve academically economically and social-emotionally.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Main College Bound Program
MPG offers a 29-week workshop from October to May to more than 50 college bound youth, ages 10-18. It offers them an opportunity to explore Multicultural American history, examine current trends in the urban community, and engage in activities such as: College Preparation/selection/testing, Leadership Development, Personal and Financial Management as well as twice per month field exploration trips (Offered Citywide).
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Don't Fall Down In The Hood
Don't Fall Down In The Hood is an intensive, multicultural community based treatment program for adjudicated male youth ages 14-18. The program is designed to reduce juvenile crime in the areas of possession and use of firearms, as well as, the frequency of assault, theft, and narcotics among Philadelphia’s youth.
Intensive In-home Supervision Program
Monitors youth awaiting adjudicatory hearings or final court dispositions. ISP is designed to divert youth offenders who are in need of a highly structured, closely supervised program from out-of-home placement or overcrowded detention facilities. The ultimate goal is to assure that the youth’s supervision in the community results in positive social adjustment and does not jeopardize the public’s safety.
Out-of-School Time Program
OST serves youth ages 11-14 and is committed to enriching youth through Project Based Learning (PBL). PBL activities are designed to provide practical opportunities for goal setting, personal accountability, homework assistance/supervision and opportunities to work with others to improve interaction with both peers and adults. This past summer the theme of the camp was STEAM’ing to Success where youth focused on building 21st century “real world skills” using the techniques and principles of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics through an assortment of enjoyable recreational and academic activities (Offered in Northwest Philadelphia).
Young Fathers United
YFU offers a 13-week workshop series; serving approximately 100 young fathers annually and serves youth ages 14-25, offering workshops in Family History, Family Trends, Basic Health, Childcare/Abuse/Neglect, Driver’s Ed., Community Linkages (employment, computer training, case management, etc.) (Offered Citywide).
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Our results
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Number of administrators and staff who plan and experience professional development activities together
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Founded on May 18, 1991. (IDAAY) is a nationally recognized organization based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and, it was created expressly to empower and educate low income, disadvantaged at-risk urban youth to succeed. IDAAY offers education/training, parenting, prevention/intervention and social service programs that are uniquely designed to equip minority youth to combat deeply rooted social ills endemic to the urban experience. While IDAAY provides direct services to at-risk, low income and otherwise disadvantaged urban youth, the Institute, equally, has embarked on a significant advocacy and mobilization platform designed, specifically, for youth to view their well-being as critical in their development as a catalyst for family unity and community change. IDAAY seeks to engage youth in positive thinking and communication activities to help them see challenges as opportunities, and empower youth to become part of the solution in their community through knowledge, skilled development, and self-awareness.
IDAAY's five primary goals are as follows:
• Provide Effective Guidance – provide youth with information intended to help them to reduce the high level of violence in their formative years, which make them susceptible to the social ills endemic to the urban experience.
• Develop Communication Skills – encourage youth to communicate in a positive manner, seeing opportunities rather than engaging in conflict.
• Build Self-Esteem – encourage youth to view their well-being as critical in their development and as a catalyst for family unity and community change.
• Develop leadership – Empower youth to become actively involved in their community, problem solving the challenges in their high-risk neighborhoods through knowledge, skills development and self-awareness.
• Nurture academic competencies – Provide youth with additional individual/group instruction/supports toward achieving academic excellence in their preparation for post-secondary schooling.
Through the services we offer we work to improve educational outcomes , enhance parenting skills and support, provide increased job training and placement , and facilitate a reduction in violent crime to combat the numerous social ill young people face in Philadelphia.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
The co-founders of IDAAY envisioned a three-tier developmental landscape in which its youth and adult leaders would aspire to achieve the following strategies:
Tier I. to provide direct, critical, developmental programs and services to remediate the myriad skills and knowledge deficiencies of our urban, low income and otherwise disadvantaged youth while, simultaneously, mobilizing their strengths to positively change existing policies. Currently IDAAY has five direct service programs that serve youth and their families in five critical life developmental areas education ( college readiness and our after-school programs), juvenile justice, (providing evidence based therapies, violence prevention programs and case management) parenting (workshops and support for young fathers) intervention/prevention (mentoring and probation supports ) and career readiness/employment placement .
. Tier II. Partner with a wide array of similarly-minded groups and organizations throughout Philadelphia who can provide complementary programs/services to that of IDAAY—a list of partners is available upon request.
Tier III. Assist other professionals and interested individuals start up new initiatives/organs, for nonprofits to fill service gaps and who will be dedicated toward ameliorating the socially constructed challenges that plague our youth in their neighborhoods in which they live—a similar list is available upon request.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
From its inception (on May 18, 1991), IDAAY has served some 27,000 youth (ages 5-25) and their families. . Initially emanating from the vision and commitment of the co-founders, IDAAY capacities have, over these past 26-years in existence, been crafted and developed both under the judicious “hands" of the Executive Director, Board of Directors, currently enrolled/former youth and their families, interested professionals to the broader community of funders, media officials, policy makers and elected officials. IDAAY has successfully operated five separate programs, each meeting the needs of a different youth population.
Main College-Bound: MPG offers a 29-week workshop from October 2017 to May 2018 to more than 50 college bound youth, ages 10-18. It offers them an opportunity to explore Multicultural American history, examine current trends in the urban community, and engage in activities such as: College Preparation/selection/testing, Leadership Development, Personal and Financial Management as well as twice per month field exploration trips.
Don't Fall Down In The Hood : (DFDITH) at Temple University
DFDITH serves youth, ages 13-21 that are at risk of becoming a victim or perpetrator of a violent crime and youth charged with theft, assault, narcotics, and firearms from Philadelphia Family Court, Youth Aid Panels and Philadelphia School Diversion program
Young Fathers United :YFU offers a 13-week workshop series with its first cycle started in August 2016; serving approximately 100 young fathers annually and serves youth ages 14-25, offering workshops in Family History, Family Trends, Basic Health, Childcare/Abuse/Neglect, Driver's Ed., Community Linkages (employment, computer training, case management, etc.)
Out-of-School Time (OST) Program :OST serves youth ages 11-14 and is committed to enriching youth through Project Based Learning (PBL). PBL activities are designed to provide practical opportunities for goal setting, personal accountability, homework assistance/supervision and opportunities to work with others to improve interaction with both peers and adults.
Intensive In-Home Supervision Program: ISP generally serves youth ages 10-18; however, the services can also extend to individuals aged 19-20. ISP youth are in the initial pre-trial phase of Philadelphia Family Court proceedings either awaiting adjudication and/or awaiting final disposition of their court cases, they have also been ordered into the program by the Philadelphia Family Courts Juvenile Division.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Over these past 27 years of operating, IDAAY has carefully designed some eleven programs/services in five categories , and worked with 27,000 young people specifically targeting its goals, implemented and evaluated them in partnership with several area universities/colleges (such as: Temple University, School of Education, Criminal Justice; Philadelphia Department of Human Services-DHS) in our college-bound program and Don't Fall Down In The Hood (in Philadelphia County) and Lynnewood Gardens Learning Center (in the Northern most adjacent Montgomery County) to list a few; the others are: Three after-school program/summer camps (at Wagner Middle School and Elwood Elementary School and Wanamaker Middle School apart of North-Empowerment Zone), our Southwest Prevention Program, Young Fathers United, 4-Brothers (a culinary, entrepreneurial training program) AVRP (a mentoring and anti-violence program), JobSTART (job training/placement program), a Curfew Center, Restore Families and and our truancy (case management services.) Please note: Most programs have operated throughout the summer months with special focus on generating/partnering/seeking summer employment for our youth and for many others (who are not directly registered at IDAAY) in collaboration with Philadelphia urban Affairs Coalition (UAC) and Philadelphia Youth Network (PYN.)
. In an effort to engage our youth and their families address their civic duties, IDAAY has devoted countless staff and volunteer hours/resources in planning and executing several such initiatives. In 2014 spring and summer months, IDAAY together with 12 other community-based organizations mobilized/deployed/trained dozens of our teen/young men to secure 8000 petition signatures online and on the streets of Philadelphia in a six-month citywide initiative led by then, Councilman Jimmy Kenny (now, our Mayor) to “stop arresting" our young adults from possessing “small amounts" of marijuana. In early October 2014, then Mayor Nutter convened a press Conference to announce his signed approval of the Bill--IDAAY attended.
IDAAY continues to provide critical leadership and expansive coalition building. In September 2017 Appalled at the current and ongoing School District of Philadelphia (SDP) average daily student attendance of 52%, IDAAY ISP spearheaded an intensive two weeks initiative (toward achieving a zero school absence/lateness goal in 46 of SDP schools—staff was elated to report an sizable reduction down to 89% school/student present/on-time arrival. This exercise affected some 150 of our youth, their supportive staff both at IDAAY and each of their individual school. IDAAY continues to provide supports for low income minority youth through its five programs, as well as regular community initiatives, service days and annual holiday celebrations.
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INSTITUTE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH INC
Board of directorsas of 07/08/2022
Ms. Jeanette Duperon
Jeanette Duperon
Pearl English
Amira Clemens
Anthony Jones
Kobi Trawick
S. Archye Leacock
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.