Urban Youth Impact
- Jan 30, 2020
- 2 min
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UYI Opens Seven New Classrooms and A Brand New Teaching Kitchen!
Cooking classes open new and unique pathways for students in the food and beverage industry.
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THE NEED
The children we serve, live in Palm Beach County's most at-risk neighborhoods due to poverty levels, school readiness, graduation rates, teen birth rates, breakdown of family, violence, and a problem with fatherlessness.
DID YOU KNOW?
The majority of juvenile crimes are committed between 3 PM - 6 PM on weekdays.
DID YOU KNOW?
Students who are unable to read by 3rd grade are four times more likely to leave high school without a diploma than proficient readers.
DID YOU KNOW?
In the neighborhoods we serve, 65% of the youth live in poverty.
IMPACTING THE INNER-CITY
With your help, we are able to provide a continuum of services in
literacy, leadership, and the Lord to inner-city youth in our local community.
ENROLLED
HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS GRADUATED
100%
IMPROVED READING
ABILITY
95%
DISCOVERED THEIR
PURPOSE
658
BACKPACKS STUFFED
WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES
5,446
HEAR THEIR STORIES
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