Mercy Education Project

Girls' program- Mercy Education Project provided remedial, curriculum-based, after-school tutoring in reading and math, college and career readiness programming (ccr), get-it technology club, lego league and the emerging leaders summer camp to 97 girls in grades two through twelve from low-income households in sw detroit. 75% of youth who participated in and completed the after-school tutoring program year showed academic improvement. Volunteers provided 2,880 hours of service in girls' program tutoring and activities. 100% of youth college and career readiness program participants demonstrated increased knowledge of college and career options and a better understanding of how to pursue them. One hundred percent (100%) of the 12th graders in the ccr program successfully graduated from high school and were accepted into one or more colleges.

Women's program- Mercy Education Project provided adult basic Education, ged preparation, educational assessments, and workforce skills development to 140 women. 5 volunteer instructors and tutors provided approximately 900 hours of volunteer group instruction and/or one-to-one tutoring of adult students. 12 women successfully completed their ged. 50% of our women transitioned to college, job training or employment compared to the federal target outcome measure of 42%. Mep women exceeded by 11% the state's performance outcomes in nrs level 3 (50% v. 39%) and came within 0.11% (38.89% v. 39%) of meeting the state's performance outcomes in nrs levels 1 & 2.