What at is is St. Louis . Louis ReCAST? A $4.7M, 5-year grant - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

What at is is St. Louis . Louis ReCAST? A $4.7M, 5-year grant awarded by Proje ject Goal als: the Substance Abuse and Mental • Create community change through a Health Administration (SAMHSA) community-based participatory approach to fund projects for community • Build a foundation to promote well-being, well-being in the following areas: resiliency, and community healing • Improve access to trauma-informed community behavioral health resources • Violence Prevention and youth peer support • Youth Engagement Highli hlight hts: • Mental Health • Meet the needs of high risk-youth and families • Peer Support, and • Gather community input from residents • Trauma-Informed Care and community leaders

Who Is o Is Cond onduct uctin ing St. Lo . Louis is ReCAST? Lead ad Organizat ations: • Forward Through Ferguson • Metro Transit • Saint Louis County Department of Public Health • Missou ssouri ri D Depa partment o of M Mental Health th • St. Louis City Department of Health • Missou ssouri ri F Foundation on o of H Health • Saint Louis Mental Health Board • Ready by 21 St. Louis • St. Louis Area Violence Prevention Collaborative Par artners: • Saint L Louis C County E Executive • Alive and Well - St. Louis Regional Health • St. Louis County Police Department Commission • St. t. Louis I Integr grated H Health lth Netwo work • Behavi viora oral H Health N Networ ork o of G Greater r St. L Louis • Saint t Louis Menta tal H l Health B lth Board • Childre ren’s s Advoc ocacy S Servi vices o of G Greater r St. L Louis s • St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (University o of Misso ssouri ri – St. L Louis) • The St. Louis Promise Zone (St. Louis Economic • Childre ren S Servi vice Fund Development Partnership) • City of Dellwood • Sain int L Louis is P Public ic Scho hools • City of Ferguson • United Way of of Gre Greater St St. L Lou ouis • Community Forward, Inc. • For The Sake of All (Washington University)

Why y St. Louis . Louis R ReCAS AST? St. Louis County The Promise Zone Hillsdale • • • including the target area is one of Jennings • only 22 federally communities of: Kinloch • Bellerive Acres designated Promise • Moline Acres • Zones in the United Bel-Nor Normandy • • Berkeley States. It Northwoods • • Beverly Hills encompasses: Pagedale • • Cool Valley Pine Lawn • • Country Club St. Louis City Wards: • Riverview • • 1-5, Hills University City • Dellwood 18-19 Uplands Park • • Ferguson 21-22 Velda City • • 26-27 Flordell Hills Velda Village Hills • • Glen Echo Park • Wellston • Greendale • Hazelwood • The estimated population of the St. Louis Promise Zone is 199,792

Promi mise e Zone Community Participatory Budgeting Youth, F Families & Implementation Plans Non on-Trad aditio ional al Scope of Works & Proposals Community Par Partners Brainstorm Recruit Violence Cast Votes Mental Youth Peer Empowerment Ideas Award Projects Delegates Prevention Health Engagement Support Community y Well-Being Engagement & Existing Initiatives, Trauma- Roles & Capacity Building Project Execution & Informed Responsibilities Activities Monitoring Community Building Resil iliency And An Community y He Heal aling CAB, Culturally Resource Community- Reports & Organizing Governance Evaluation Coalitio ion Competent Allocation Documentation Driven Input Practices & & Leadership ip Tea Team Collaboration & Communication

How d does oes ReCAST suppor ort t the well b bein ing o of our our are rea yout outh? ? • Participatory Budgeting Process • 20 Community Delegates are under 21 years of age • Build capacity with trainings • Develop programs that improve conditions where they live • Approximately 20 youth participated in Civic Engagement (Community Voting) • Youth participation that addresses well-being and resiliency • Peer Support | Mental Health | Youth Engagement

ReCAST S Supports the W Well B Bein ing of f Area Y a Youth • Received 19 RFPs • Voted on 8 abstracts • St. Louis Artworks received the most votes • 80 paid internships to youth 14-19 who reside in the Promise Zone

ST. LOUIS ARTWORKS & ARTWORKS ENTERPRISES

ArtWorks History • Provides meaningful employment to local urban youth • ArtWorks has served thousands of teens since 1995 • Began as just a summer program and now runs year round programming • Innovative way for apprentices to learn an art discipline, gain life and job training skills, and boost self-esteem, all while earning a paycheck

Program Facts Three Programs Per Year: • • Spring: 14 weeks; 5 hours per week • Summer: 6 weeks; 5 hours per day; 5 days per week • Fall: 14 weeks; 5 hours per week Provides an average of 180 youth • apprenticeships per year • 61% from the City of St Louis

Goals & Objectives The goal of St. Louis ArtWorks is to empower underserved youth in the St. Louis region to identify, explore, and creatively resolve social impact issues in their community. Through a variety of arts and technology programming, teens develop artistic, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills, while gaining insight into themselves and others.

Goal 1 • Increase participant awareness of and interest in STEAM and STEAM careers and knowledge of STEAM concepts and related skills. • Outcomes: 80% of apprentices will show an increase on post-quizzes addressing awareness of STEAM concepts and related skills.

Goal 2 • Provide strong youth and workforce development training for St. Louis youth. • Outcomes: • 90% of hired apprentices complete their respective program. • 90% of apprentices demonstrate an individual increase in employment skills by the end of one program session. • 90% of apprentices produce a resume demonstrating education and experience by the end of one program session.

Goal 3 • Increase participant visual arts knowledge, skills in design, illustration and software, and written vocabulary. • Outcomes: • 90% of apprentices will show an increase on post-quizzes based on Missouri Visual Arts standards. • 85% of apprentices earn positive performance appraisal after one session.

Goal 4 • Increase participant rates of high school graduation, post- secondary education, and employment to exceed their non- ArtWorks peers. • Outcomes: • 90% of ArtWorks alumni will graduate from high school on schedule. • 92% of ArtWorks alumni who have graduated high school are enrolled in college, employed, or job training program.

2016 Apprentices • 129 Teens (unduplicated) • 67% Female 33% Male • 88% African American • 49 High Schools • 51 Zip Codes Represented

Program Process • Apprentices are recruited • Apprentices receive arts through area high school art education, communication and teachers, non-profit s, business networking training, resume community partners, and word and life skills workshops of mouth • Evaluated twice a session for • Applicants go through an artistic quality, workplace interview process readiness & community skills

5959 Delmar – Loop East

The Garage Makers Space @ ArtWorks

ArtWorks Enterprises (AWE) ArtWorks Enterprises is the entrepreneurial division of St. Louis ArtWorks. ArtWorks Enterprises brings new revenues for St. Louis ArtWorks through the sale of a variety of product lines designed by teen apprentices. Currently we have three social ventures: Boomerang Press/Media , BoomerRacks, & BloomWorks!

Starting The Boomerang Effect: A Sustainable Cycle Capital INVESTMENT • Creative team (apprentices and artists) • Capital expenses (computers, software, printing) • Administration and marketing $ Program Support $ $$$ SALES • Special events Product • Retail • Online • Custom orders • Commissions

BloomWorks! • BloomWorks focuses on creating art for the garden, public park and urban streetscape using sustainable methods of making the art.

Boomerang Press/Media • Produces commissioned greeting cards, posters, logos, stationary, graphic services, etc. • Film and Media Services: Commercials, PSA’s, Documentary Films, and Video Editing

BoomerRacks • Creates Bicycle Racks for the community, local business, and for personal use. • Racks are created and built using recycled bicycle parts.

Origin Agency & City Garden School

Mary Ann’s Pollinator Garden Environmental Stewardship Life Skills

MSD Mural 2015

Casa de Salud Mural 2016

Trellis for Maxine Clark & Bob Fox

Documentaries

Board of Directors Jared Boyd Roger Macon Kelly Scheffer–Chair Stan Chisholm Meridith McKinley Ben Gandhi-Shepard– Vice-Chair Sheila Hudson David Seevers Shaughnessy Daniels – Program Chair Rajeev John Matt Semrad Erik Karanik Steve Shumate Kedra Tolson– Secretary Don Kennedy Narcisa Symank Rhoads Hall – Treasurer Lilly Leyh-Pierce Erika Wilson Matt MacEwan

Partners

Questions? Priscilla.block@stlartworks.org