IMPACT Fact Sheet

• Community outreach meeting was convened in June 2007 by Alderman Gregory Carter and the St. Louis Mental Health Board to discuss a youth development project for the North East corridor of St. Louis

• Community-based Advisory Board was established to discuss a youth development project for the North East corridor of St. Louis

•  Concept for IMPACT-NE  St Louis  was developed

• Official working title and logo was created for the IMPACT project

• Identified 100 Black Men as the Lead Agency and Fiscal Agent for the IMPACT Project

• Identified (4) area schools to receive IMPACT programming:
  Herzog Elementary
  Walbridge Elementary
  Northwest Academy
  Beaumont High
  

•  Grant application was submitted to the Missouri Foundation of Health for primary funding of the IMPACT project

• Developed  organizational structure and program matrix to illustrate how IMPACT will be implemented in the schools

• IMPACT Project Staff (Project Specialist, Program Coordinator & Administrative Clerk ) were hired to solidify organizational structure

• Developed a proposal & certification process for recruiting program service providers

• IMPACT program implementation began during the summer 2008 at the target schools

•  Expansion of the IMPACT Advisory Board

•  Developed IMPACT Program Manual

• Developed IMPACT Service Provider Evaluation Survey

• Outcome Framework was established as the results & evaluation tool for the IMPACT project

• Developed IMPACT Website  (www.impactstl.org)