We will strive to increase our impact on our “highly-engaged" Club members – those who attend the Clubs three times per week or more - through a targeted, outcomes-driven initiative. Past evaluation has proven that Club programming is most impactful for those who attend and participate regularly, helping them succeed academically, make healthy choices and lead and serve in their communities. To that end, our strategic plan includes a new, intentional approach to ensure that those youth who attend the Clubs frequently reach specific benchmarks of self-sufficiency. This means that BGCMD will move away from a focus on specific programs and activities and toward a focus on desired outcomes for individual Club members.

• Implement new systems to track “cohorts" of youth over multiple years, in order to better understand the highly-engaged Club member and how to match his/her individual needs with the right types of interventions. • Develop improved networks of support for Club members by increasing our connections with families, teachers and other community partners. • Improve services for all Club members by: dedicating resources to provide support for families in need, including emergency funds and connections tocommunity partners to prevent or relieve crises; providing more intensive training for all staff based on national best-practices in youth development; and identifying key skills, such as goal-setting, resilience, communication, problem-solving and reflection, and consistently focusing on developing them across all areas of the Club through intentional activities and messaging.

Positive Environment and Experience• Dedicated space• Emotionally and physically safe• Fun and engaging• Active and experiential• Innovative and relevant• ComprehensiveSupportive Relationships• Consistent youth development professionals• Individualized support• Small group interactions• Partnerships with community and familiesYouth Voice• Programs based on youth interest• Freedom to chooseContinuous Evaluation• Clear goals aligned to impact• Performance improvement• Rigorous proofOpen to Youth Who Need Us Most• Open and aff ordable to all• Located in resource-constrained neighborhoodsMembership• Continued support through multiple years and key transitions• Frequency of attendance

At Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver, we begin each year thinking about what we want our Club members and their families to be able to achieve with our support. All year long, we strive to promote regular attendance at the Clubs and sustained participation in targeted programs for the kids who need us most, in order to help them overcome obstacles in their life and meet their goals. Along the way, we collect and analyze data that helps us understand how we can tailor our programs and services to have the maximum impact on the communities we serve. Each year, Boys & Girls Clubs programs undergo thorough evaluation by third party evaluators through which we seek to better understand and isolate the impact of our programs on the youth who regularly attend the Clubs and participate in targeted programming. Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver has developed a comprehensive 5-year strategic plan with clear goals and objectives for our organization that can be easily measured and tracked.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver is now in our third year of our 5-year strategic plan and the organization has accomplished more than 70% of the goals and objectives outlined in the plan.