UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT INC

SMART, YOUNG, AND SIGNIFICANT (SMARTY'S) PROVIDES AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING THROUGH TWO UNIQUE APPROACHES. THE AGENCY SUCCESSFULLY MANAGES FOUR NITA M. LOWEY 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER (21ST CCLC) PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES KINDERGARTEN- EIGHTH GRADE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BROADWAY ACADEMY AT WILLOW AND ST. STANISLAUS CATHOLIC SCHOOL. THE PREVENTION PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO REDUCE STUDENTS' INTENTION TO USE ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND OTHER DRUGS, WHILE PROMOTING PROSOCIAL ATTITUDES, SKILLS, AND BEHAVIORS. THE FIVE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING (SEL) CORE COMPETENCIES BEING TAUGHT INCLUDE: SELF-AWARENESS, SELF-MANAGEMENT, SOCIAL AWARENESS, RELATIONSHIP SKILLS, AND RESPONSIBLE DECISION MAKING. THE IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPING THESE SKILLS IS TO HELP INDIVIDUALS SET AND REACH GOALS, MANAGE OBSTACLES AND STRESSES RELATED TO ACADEMICS AND SOCIAL DYNAMICS, AND TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES TO RISKY BEHAVIOR. LIONS QUEST AND CENTERVENTION CURRICULUMS WERE USED FOR PROGRAM LESSONS, TO SERVE STUDENTS IN GRADES K-8TH. THE GOAL OF PREVENTION PROGRAMMING IS TO INCREASE PROTECTIVE FACTORS THAT ALLOW CHILDREN TO SUCCEED, WHILE HELPING TO REMOVE BARRIERS AND DECREASE RISK FACTORS. COMMUNITY YOUTH RECEIVE PROGRAMMING THROUGH DIRECT SERVICES BY ENROLLING IN UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT'S OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PROGRAM.

THE RISE (RE-INTEGRATION SERVICES & EMPOWERMENT) PROGRAM PROVIDES CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE RECENTLY INCARCERATED AND ARE TRANSITIONING BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY. SERVICES FOCUS ON EMPLOYMENT AND SECURING INCOME, ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION, AND ACCESSING MAINSTREAM BENEFITS, TO NAME A FEW. THE UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE PROGRAM SERVES FATHERS RESIDING IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY. THE PROGRAM OFFERS FATHERHOOD SERVICES AT A.B. HART SCHOOL, WARNER GIRLS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, MOUND STEM MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ON-SITE AT UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT. SERVICES INCLUDE EMPLOYMENT AND VOCATIONAL SERVICES, HOUSING/UTILITY ASSISTANCE, AND REFERRALS TO LEGAL SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND MANY MORE. CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES ARE ALSO PROVIDED TO FATHERS ON-SITE BY THE PROGRAM MANAGER. FOR THOSE FORMERLY HOMELESS FAMILIES WHO ARE EXITING THE CUYAHOGA COUNTY SHELTER SYSTEM, THE TRANSITION-IN-PLACE CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OFFERS TWELVE MONTHS OF INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT TO HELP PROVIDE FAMILIES WITH THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO REMAIN STABLY HOUSED.