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Impact Report
| For plan | Youth Development (Bernalillo County) |
| Date | September 19, 2007, 4:12 pm |
| For Objective | Short-term Show short-term objectives |
| Impact Report | West Mesa Community Center on the west side of Albuquerque was recently re-built and a brand new state of the art facility re-opened in January of 2007. This community center as well as a few others has the unique challenge of year round schools. In a sense the centers have to run the same kind of expanded day programs in order to serve the children and families in their neighborhoods. The Albuquerque Community Center programs are free to those who participate. Over this spring semester I have worked with the youth serving staff at West Mesa Community Center to create a plan for the kids who are off school for 3 weeks at a time and need a place to be all day long while their parents are working. These children cover all the elementary grades K-5th. Additional resources have not been added to accommodate these year round programs so centers have to be creativity with the limited funding. Utilizing the neighborhood library, 4-H, ICAN educators and other resources already in place are part of the weekly plan so the kids at WMCC have many fun learning opportunities, has been a goal. Most week days the WMCC will have between 30 and 50 kids and many more join after school. During the months of February and March I spent one day a week at the center helping and training staff for the unique learning environment they have. This summer WMCC will run a summer program for up to 150 children ages 5 to 14. |