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- EIN 94-3253399
- PO Box 23244 Oakland CA 94623 USA
- http://www.ihad-eastoakland.org
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Causes: Education, Educational Services, Literacy, Remedial Reading & Encouragement, Student Services
Mission: According to the US Dept of Education the national graduation rate is 68 percent, with nearly one-third of all public high school students failing to graduate. Tremendous racial gaps are found for graduation rates. Students from historically disadvantaged minority groups (American Indian, Hispanic, Black) have little more than a fifty-fifty chance of finishing high school with a diploma. By comparison, graduation rates for Whites and Asians are 75 and 77 percent nationally. Males graduate from high school at a rate 8 percent lower than female students. Graduation rates for students who attend school in high poverty, racially segregated, and urban school districts lag from 15 to 18 percent behind their peers. Given these very stark findings, it is obvious that our youth need something more than what they are getting to be successful. ?I Have a Dream? strives to provide the support, encouragement, tools and positive role models our youth need to become productive, healthy citizens. We work with parents, schools, housing officials, teachers, social workers and other Community Based Organizations to form a network of support for each child. Our one goal is to assist our Dreamers in any way we can so that they can fulfill their potential and ultimately break the cycle of poverty in the communities in which they live.
Programs: Project Coordinators and volunteers provide youth with an intense, year-round, academic and personal enrichment program through high school graduation which includes: support and assistance through classroom aid, homework assistance, summer programming, literacy programs, self-esteem building activities, cultural and social field trips, and community service projects. As the children get older, the programming is adjusted to fit their individual needs and includes one-on-one counseling, mentoring, as well as, college/career planning, life skills, pregnancy prevention and drug use prevention. Once the students graduate from high school or obtain a GED, they are eligible for "last dollar" scholarships (financial assistance after other grants, scholarships and loans are obtained).
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