Wanda J staff, Dr. Qui Smith and school guidance counselor Shannon Fryar, are developing a new evidenced-based curriculum, which is being piloted at Elkhorn Middle School.
According to the 2024 Planet Youth Survey, within one year, our kids have had significant improvements in mental and physical health, having adults at school who care about them, feeling like it is easy to get care and warmth from their caregiver, trying their best at school, sleeping on average 8 hours or more a night, and participating in at least one structured activity a week.
It’s working! We have data showing that we are closing the gap for our youth. These charts show children of incarcerated parents (CIP) compared to peers.
Impact reports
See how our impact has grown over the years
We created Lunch Buddies, hosted our Summer Series and experienced a record breaking flood in our community.
We initiated the Boys and Girls Club of Frankfort and continued to grow our love and support for this community.
We celebrated our five year anniversary as a nonprofit. Our impact is growing and we are seeing results.
By December, every goal listed in our strategic plan had been accomplished including the hiring of full time staff.
We restructured our board, made new plans and had an exciting year.
A pandemic did not stop us from offering services and support to our community and families.
2019 was a year of firsts for us. We started new programs, held new events and got connected to our community in new ways.
