Neighborhood Outreach Connection

Goal 1. Reduce the “achievement gap” of children in under served neighborhoods by 50% by end of 2025 and by improving academic performance outcomes of children in K through Grade 8 in math, reading, and language arts. Goal 2. Improve health of people living in low-income neighborhoods through outreach, health screenings and health education, referrals, public safety, and good nutrition and wellness.
Goal 3. Augment skills and knowledge of low wage-wage workers through NOC’s workforce development and social entrepreneurship programs.
Goal 4. Build stronger communities in low income neighborhoods served by NOC.
Goal 5. Increase NOC’s institutional capacity and capabilities.
Goal 6. Replicate NOC model in other low income neighborhoods locally, statewide, and nationally.

Broaden and deepen NOC’s outreach programs (after school & summer learning for Pre-K through grade 8, health care, and workforce/community development) strategically in Beaufort County and other areas outside Beaufort County.
Redefine and build a more substantive partnership (including funding) with the Beaufort County School District and local schools to reduce the “achievement gap.”
Strengthen NOC’s geographical focus through advisory/working committees in Beaufort, Bluffton, and HHI for resource mobilization, marketing and branding, and constituency.
Replicate NOC’s model in South Carolina, and nationally.
Raise a million dollars over the next 12 months to implement NOC’s strategic priorities to help more people who live in poverty.

NOC has solid 15-year track record in getting’s results in community development and improving academic performance of children living in poverty.
NOC's development approach and business model stems from its strong presence in under serve neighborhoods.
NOC’s projects are sustainable, replicable, and cost effective with a delivery cost of less than 9% of its total budget.
NOC has trademarked its business model and logo and has prepared blueprints for replicating its model locally and nationally.
NOC has established a strong foundation built on integrity in its business, operations, and financial management, using external auditors to review annually its accounts and finances over the past 13 years.
NOC has an active Board of Directors of individuals of diverse professional backgrounds.
NOC has increased its organizational capabilities by hiring an experienced Executive Director and strengthening its field staff through training and mentoring.
NOC has a strong balance sheet and financial position.

NOC currently serves over 500 students at 6 Learning Centers in Beaufort County. NOC brings teachers from public schools, volunteers, technology, and school curricula into its Learning Centers in neighborhoods where transportation is a problem. Over 90% of NOC students show progress and growth in reading and/or math based on MAP (standardized test) scores. NOC achieves these results at a cost of less than $1,200 per child per year, based on direct costs. NOC, together with its health service partners, has screened more than 540 people in the neighborhoods it serves since 2019. Oaks, where NOC has operated for more than 10 years, is a showcase of community development, using NOC’s development approach and business model and through collaborative efforts with other service providers. NOC has already replicated its model outside Beaufort County, SC, in Lynchburg Virginia and is posed to replicate its model in other underserved neighborhoods in South Carolina and nationally.