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Youth Tutoring Program

Seattle, Washington

Cause Description:
he Youth Tutoring Program is an after-school educational enrichment program for at-risk first through twelfth grade students who live in five low- and mixed-income public housing communities in Seattle. Begun in 1991 as a partnership with the Seattle Housing Authority, the tutoring centers provide youth with a safe, positive, and stimulating environment to explore learning and experience academic and personal success. Volunteers are the heart of the program. They work with individual or pairs of students. In addition to offering academic support, volunteers serve as role models and friends to the students. We accept applications for the school-year program year-round. At the tutoring centers students build skills in reading and math, get help with homework, and strengthen their sense of self-esteem and self- respect. There are five YTP tutoring centers located in Seattle. Centers are open in the late afternoon and early evening hours. YTP students are wonderfully diverse, representing many nationalities, cultures, languages and religions.YTP’s Mission is to tutor, guide and inspire at-risk youth living in public housing to achieve academic success. We create a challenging, safe and enriching environment where youth are matched with adults who offer academic support and mentoring throughout their school years. We partner with parents and advocate for students in their schools and in their communities

Type: Special Interest/Fraternal...
Listed on iGive since: May 2009
iGive members supporting: 1

Website: www.ccsww.org/ytpseattle

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