AmeriCorps Ohio College Guides is a program model that serves schools with low graduation and low college attendance rates. These schools often also teach many students who are low-income, minority, or the first in their family to attend college. Ohio College Guides are members that provide college awareness and access programs, and counsel students in grades 6 through 12 to prepare for and navigate the college application process.

Study Goals:

The AmeriCorps Ohio College Guides model identifies activities and outcomes in three areas:

The Live Healthy Kids Program (LHK) is a 22-week initiative created by COMCorps partner site Live Healthy Appalachia (LHA). It is designed to teach second graders about healthy food and expose them to a variety of foods through physical, practical, and learning experiences. The program uses a curriculum designed by LHA that offers interactive lessons on nutrition, cooking, and physical activity.

Study Goals:

The evaluation report covered a two-year evaluation period: 2016-2017 and 2017-2018. The objective of the report was to:

Meeting Needs in Ohio

Last year more than 7,200 Americans of all ages and backgrounds united to meet local needs, strengthen communities, and expand opportunity through national service in Ohio. AmeriCorps invested more than $27.4 million in federal funding to support cost-effective community solutions, working hand in hand with local partners to empower individuals to help communities tackle their toughest challenges.

Every Child Succeeds (ECS) serves families that are considered high-risk due to low economic status, young maternal age, inadequate prenatal care, limited social supports, mental illness, or substance abuse. Participants in ECS receive two to four visits a month from home visitors to ensure that mothers have access to parenting support, and infants and young children receive the care, nurturing, and interaction they need to have a successful start in life. ECS relies on two national evidence-based models: Healthy Family America ® (HFA) and Nurse Family Partnership ® (NFP).

The ECSITE program was designed with the intent to reach those children most at risk for falling short of school readiness standards through the articulation of evidence-based practices for teachers, parents, their children, and the coordination of CMC and community resources with Head Start early childhood education classrooms.