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ted YOUTH REPORT
HELPING
KIDS
SUCCEED
On Track to Success
program gains momentum
WHAT IS THE ON TRACK TO SUCCESS PROGRAM? On Track was inspired by Pathways to Education,
based in Toronto’s Regent Park area. Its program saw
United Way has spent the last two years leading the graduation rates double, and attendance in post-
design of a made-in-Windsor-Essex program to boost secondary education grow by 300% over more than
high school graduation rates and support youth in a decade of working with high school students. The
attending post-secondary programs. program’s social return on investment is reported at $24
for every $1 spent helping youth find pathways out of
United Way launched the pilot program in Leamington in poverty through education (Boston Consulting Group).
2015. The first 20 grade nine students enrolled over the
summer. Students and their families receive wrap-around
services, including the chance for students to earn up
to $4,000 for post-secondary education, free tutoring,
social and recreational activities, as well as volunteering,
career building and mentoring opportunities. With the
community’s support, United Way hopes to introduce a
new grade nine cohort each year, growing the program to
80 students over four years.
WHY IS ON TRACK TO SUCCESS NEEDED? LEARN MORE about
YOUTH POVERTY
Poverty is a complex issue– there is not one cause or
cure. Approximately 1 in 4 children in Windsor-Essex Read or download United Way’s
County are growing up in poverty, and 4,000 of those Overcoming the Odds Report: Creating
children are statistically likely to be no better off than Possibility for Youth in Windsor-Essex
their parents when they grow up.
weareunited.com/OvercomingTheOdds
Hunger, declining mental health, and poor academic
performance, for example, can all be linked to low
income. Each of these obstacles can become a brick in
a wall between a young person and his or her ability to
reach their potential.
“Supporting students now, who will go on to find good
paying jobs, will pay dividends back to the community over
the long run,” says Lorraine Goddard, United Way CEO.
“We know that education is the most effective pathway to
life success and this program supports that aim.”
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HELPING
KIDS
SUCCEED
On Track to Success
program gains momentum
WHAT IS THE ON TRACK TO SUCCESS PROGRAM? On Track was inspired by Pathways to Education,
based in Toronto’s Regent Park area. Its program saw
United Way has spent the last two years leading the graduation rates double, and attendance in post-
design of a made-in-Windsor-Essex program to boost secondary education grow by 300% over more than
high school graduation rates and support youth in a decade of working with high school students. The
attending post-secondary programs. program’s social return on investment is reported at $24
for every $1 spent helping youth find pathways out of
United Way launched the pilot program in Leamington in poverty through education (Boston Consulting Group).
2015. The first 20 grade nine students enrolled over the
summer. Students and their families receive wrap-around
services, including the chance for students to earn up
to $4,000 for post-secondary education, free tutoring,
social and recreational activities, as well as volunteering,
career building and mentoring opportunities. With the
community’s support, United Way hopes to introduce a
new grade nine cohort each year, growing the program to
80 students over four years.
WHY IS ON TRACK TO SUCCESS NEEDED? LEARN MORE about
YOUTH POVERTY
Poverty is a complex issue– there is not one cause or
cure. Approximately 1 in 4 children in Windsor-Essex Read or download United Way’s
County are growing up in poverty, and 4,000 of those Overcoming the Odds Report: Creating
children are statistically likely to be no better off than Possibility for Youth in Windsor-Essex
their parents when they grow up.
weareunited.com/OvercomingTheOdds
Hunger, declining mental health, and poor academic
performance, for example, can all be linked to low
income. Each of these obstacles can become a brick in
a wall between a young person and his or her ability to
reach their potential.
“Supporting students now, who will go on to find good
paying jobs, will pay dividends back to the community over
the long run,” says Lorraine Goddard, United Way CEO.
“We know that education is the most effective pathway to
life success and this program supports that aim.”
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