The organizations surveyed for this project typically serve low-income
students, first-generation college-goers, racial/ethnic minorities and
other groups typically underrepresented among college degree holders. The
project specifically surveyed these organizations to assess how many
programs have specific expertise in serving some of our most vulnerable
students, including English language learners, disconnected/out of school
youth, students with IEPs, or justice-involved youth. Based on the
responses from the direct service organizations, fewer than a quarter of
programs consider themselves well-suited to serve English Language Learners
or disconnected/out of school youth, and only 17% and 13% of programs
respectively said that they are well-suited to serve students with IEPs and
justice involved youth
*. While students from these populations are likely
served by multiple other programs as well, the data suggests that a limited
number of programs believe they have the expertise to serve these
vulnerable populations most effectively.
Each of the maps displayed here illustrate the neighborhoods/communities
served by community-based programs that have a particular expertise in
serving the following populations: English language learners, disconnected
youth or out of school youth, students with IEPs or other learning
challenges, or justice involved youth. In each map, the varying degrees of
color demonstrate the number of these programs serving that particular
neighborhood/community.
* These statistics are based on the 191 programs that serve individuals directly and responded to the survey as of 06/30/2016
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