Results: During the most recent 2019-2020 school year, we provided services to over 155 young ladies across Allegheny County, 5 partnering schools, and 5 collaborative agencies. Our data analysis reported the following outcomes were successfully achieved:
Participants Data Analysis Results:
90.91% of participants reported not getting suspended from school after joining Ruth’s Way.
81.82% of participants reported not gone late to school after joining Ruth’s Way.
90.91% of participants reported not getting into a physical fight with a classmate or teacher after joining Ruth’s Way.
81.82% of participants reported not getting into a verbal argument with a classmate or teacher after joining Ruth’s Way.
72.73% of participants reported not been drunk or high after joining Ruth’s Way.
90.91% of participants reported not stolen something after joining Ruth’s Way.
90.91% of participants reported not damaged or destroyed property purposely after joining Ruth’s Way.
100.0% of participants reported not been arrested after joining Ruth’s Way.
90.91% of participants reported they have not skipped a class at school after joining Ruth’s Way.
90.91% of participants reported that they did not choose to not attend school after joining Ruth’s Way.
Parents Data Analysis Results:
87.5% of parents reported that their child has high Confidence/Self Esteem after joining Ruth’s Way.
62.5% of parents reported that their child has healthy eating habits after joining Ruth’s Way.
75.0 % of parents reported that their child is exercising regularly after joining Ruth’s Way.
87.5 % of parents reported that their child’s mental health is good/excellent after joining Ruth’s Way
87.5 % of parents reported that their child’s physical health is good/excellent after joining Ruth’s Way
100.0 % of parents reported that their child’s Spiritual health is good/excellent after joining Ruth’s Way
100.0 % of parents reported that their child has a high attendance at school after joining Ruth’s Way.
100.0 % of parents reported that their child’s grades have improved after joining Ruth’s Way.
87.5 % of parents reported that their child’s communication skills have increased after joining Ruth’s Way
87.5 % of parents reported that their child ability to set realistic goals is high after joining Ruth’s Way
87.5 % of parents reported that their child has high barrier identification ability after joining Ruth’s Way
75.0 % Parents reported that their child’s negative behavior reduced after joining Ruth’s Way
Target demographics: Adolescent Female Youth
Direct beneficiaries per year: 156
Geographic areas served: Allegheny County
Programs: Our key program is our Achievement Consultation Program, which teaches female youth the phenomenal skill of healthy self-reliance through our “Blueprint-To-Achievement.” Through this process, we teach female youth how to properly identify and appropriately address their barriers to successful futures, including behavioral health issues, so that they are properly prepared to deal with future life adversities. This process allows us to provide female youth with the tools that they need to finally break the vicious cycles of dependency on programs and agencies which have historically oppressed them.
*Achievement Consultation meetings are one-on-one meetings that occur with our girls and their guardians at a most convenient location.
Under the umbrella of the Achievement Consultation Program, we have an array of curricula that we facilitate, focusing on long-term benefits for our female youth to achieve successful futures as productive women, which benefits the entire community. We facilitate these curricula in the form of interactive conversations with our participants vs. talking at them, which we call “Forums.” Our Forums include The Life Skills Just for Girls Forum, The Job Readiness and Employment Soft Skills Forum, The Junior Toastmasters Communication and Leadership Development Forum, and The Smart Money Management Financial Literacy Forum. Our most popular Forum is The Life Skills Just for Girls Forum because it is all-inclusive because it represents the most effective and key elements of all the curricula combined. The Life Skills Just for Girls Forum provides adolescent girls with a distinctive, gender-based curriculum derived from a holistic approach while combining the spiritual, physical, and mental aspects of healthy lifestyles. We teach female youth a very distinct combination of life skills that will help them excel in any challenge that life places in their path and, more importantly, to succeed in their journey of life!
