The Power of One Proven Strategy
Transforming lives with the power of love
EMPHASIZING MEASURABLE GOALS
By The Hand has always taken a holistic approach to child development, emphasizing the achievement of measurable goals for academic, physical and spiritual development. When you take one step to help move a mountain, our kids consistently overcome the most difficult circumstances to make extraordinary progress.
PROVIDING HOLISTIC SUPPORT
When you take one step to to offer hope and help, you provide a safe, welcoming place where kids can learn during the most dangerous time of day, when most crimes are committed by and against youth. You provide personalized academic support and technology-enabled instruction to make sure they can read at their grade level, pass all of their classes and make all ABCs. Breaking down the barriers to learning, you also provide for their physical needs, including nutritious meals, general healthcare and counseling. And you offer spiritual guidance, mentoring and life-enriching experiences such as camp, sports and the arts.
ACHIEVING MAJOR MILESTONES
Our kids are improving their reading comprehension and language skills at an accelerated rate—sometimes as much as four grade levels in a year. They are graduating from high school and enrolling in college as healthy, educated and hopeful young adults. Our students are learning to find their own Power of One, serving as role models and leaders in their communities.
OUR MISSION
By The Hand is a Christ-centered, after-school program that takes kids by the hand and walks with them from kindergarten through college, loving and nurturing them—mind, body and soul.
School Year 2023-’24
Mind
Emphasizing academic achievement
When kids can read at or above grade level, they can graduate with honors.
Average GPA
(Out of 4.0)
Passed all
classes
Made all ABCs
Body
Addressing barriers to learning
When basic needs are met, kids’ academic performance and behavior improve.
128,745
Hot, nutritious meals served to our students
892
Students received dental checkups and cleaning (267 received additional dental care)
890
Students received eye exams (248 received glasses)
Soul
Providing spiritual discipleship
A relationship with Jesus is the foundation for an abundant life.
Professed
Faith in Christ
(Q4 to Q4)
Attended
Church
(Q4 to Q4)
Club Retention
From Q1 to Q4
Reasons for disenrollment: 34% poor attendance, 28% transferred, 18% moved, 21% all other reasons
Technology-enabled blended learning program
(Lexia Core5 Reading or PowerUp) 2023–2024
* of those who used at least 1,000 minutes
High school freshmen who graduate from high school
(Since BTH first had graduates 2008–2024)
High school graduates who enroll in college and technical school
(Matriculation rates since BTH first had college students 2008-2024)
BTH high school graduation 2023–2024 and college persistence
