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 the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) to fund projects for community well-being in the following areas:

• Violence Prevention
• Youth Engagement
• Mental Health
• Peer Support, and
• Trauma-Informed Care

Proje ject Goal als:

• Create community change through a

community-based participatory approach

• Build a foundation to promote well-being,

resiliency, and community healing

• Improve access to trauma-informed

community behavioral health resources and youth peer support

Highli hlight hts:

• Meet the needs of high risk-youth and

families

• Gather community input from residents

and community leaders

Who Is

• Is Cond
• nduct

uctin ing St. Lo . Louis is ReCAST?

Lead ad Organizat ations:

• Saint Louis County Department of Public Health
• St. Louis City Department of Health
• Saint Louis Mental Health Board

Par artners:

• Alive and Well - St. Louis Regional Health

Commission

• Behavi

viora

• ral H

Health N Networ

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• f G

Greater r St. L Louis

• Childre

ren’s s Advoc

• cacy S

Servi vices o

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Greater r St. L Louis s (University o

• f Misso

ssouri ri – St. L Louis)

• Childre

ren S Servi vice Fund

• City of Dellwood
• City of Ferguson
• Community Forward, Inc.
• For The Sake of All (Washington University)
• Forward Through Ferguson
• Metro Transit
• Missou

ssouri ri D Depa partment o

• f M

Mental Health th

• Missou

ssouri ri F Foundation

• n o
• f H

Health

• Ready by 21 St. Louis
• St. Louis Area Violence Prevention Collaborative
• Saint L

Louis C County E Executive

• St. Louis County Police Department
• St.
• t. Louis I

Integr grated H Health lth Netwo work

• Saint

t Louis Menta tal H l Health B lth Board

• St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
• The St. Louis Promise Zone (St. Louis Economic

Development Partnership)

• Sain

int L Louis is P Public ic Scho hools

• United Way of
• f Gre

Greater St

• St. L

Lou

• uis

Why y St. Louis . Louis R ReCAS AST?

• The Promise Zone

target area is one of

• nly 22 federally

designated Promise Zones in the United

• States. It

encompasses:

• St. Louis City Wards:

1-5, 18-19 21-22 26-27

The estimated population of the St. Louis Promise Zone is 199,792

• St. Louis County

including the communities of:

• Bellerive Acres
• Bel-Nor
• Berkeley
• Beverly Hills
• Cool Valley
• Country Club

Hills

• Dellwood
• Ferguson
• Flordell Hills
• Glen Echo Park
• Greendale
• Hazelwood
• Hillsdale
• Jennings
• Kinloch
• Moline Acres
• Normandy
• Northwoods
• Pagedale
• Pine Lawn
• Riverview
• University City
• Uplands Park
• Velda City
• Velda Village Hills
• Wellston

Promi mise e Zone Youth, F Families & Non

• n-Trad

aditio ional al Par Partners CAB, Coalitio ion & & Leadership ip Tea Team

Engagement & Capacity Building Activities Existing Initiatives, Project Execution & Monitoring

Brainstorm Ideas

Culturally Competent Practices

Youth Engagement Violence Prevention Mental Health

Implementation Plans

Peer Support

Recruit Delegates

Community- Driven Input Resource Allocation Organizing Governance

Community Empowerment

Collaboration & Communication Community Participatory Budgeting Roles & Responsibilities Scope of Works & Proposals

Cast Votes Award Projects

Evaluation

Community y Well-Being Resil iliency An And Community y He Heal aling

Trauma- Informed Community Building Reports & Documentation

How d does

• es ReCAST suppor
• rt t

the well b bein ing o

• f our
• ur

are rea yout

• uth?

?

• 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
• n 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

through area high school art teachers, non-profit s, business community partners, and word

• f mouth
• Applicants go through an

interview process

• Apprentices receive arts

education, communication and networking training, resume and life skills workshops

• Evaluated twice a session for

artistic quality, workplace 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 Capital

INVESTMENT

• Creative team (apprentices and artists)
• Capital expenses (computers, software,

printing)

• Administration and marketing

Product

SALES

• Special events
• Retail
• Online
• Custom orders
• Commissions

$ Program Support $

The Boomerang Effect: A Sustainable Cycle

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

Jared Boyd Stan Chisholm Sheila Hudson Rajeev John Erik Karanik Don Kennedy Lilly Leyh-Pierce Matt MacEwan

Board of Directors

Kelly Scheffer–Chair Ben Gandhi-Shepard– Vice-Chair Shaughnessy Daniels – Program Chair Kedra Tolson– Secretary Rhoads Hall – Treasurer

Roger Macon Meridith McKinley David Seevers Matt Semrad Steve Shumate Narcisa Symank Erika Wilson

Partners

Questions? Priscilla.block@stlartworks.org

You

• u C

Can an J Join

• in Our

ur Effort

• Submit a Proposal
• Mini Grants under $25,000 and/or Youth Sponsorship for <$2,500
• Recommend a Community Delegates:
• Scope of Work Development
• Request for Proposal Reviewers
• Community Outreach
• Promote St. Louis ReCAST
• Join our Coalition Of Stakeholders

Next S Steps ps

• Grant-Writing Technical Assistance
• Grantsmanship Center – International Institute
• St. Louis Public Library
• Year 2 Participatory Budgeting Process
• Second Quarter COS Meeting on Tuesday, May 29 at Employment

Connection

QUESTIONS? ONS?