Reports
The Essential Component questions are asked of YouthBuild Global Affiliates once a year, at the end of the cohort year, in the Program Model Report. The Program Model Report can be accessed from the Overview page.
To view a condensed version of Essential Components data, users can navigate to the reports page and select the Essential Components report. This report will display the answers your program provided when completing the annual program model report and progress towards the performance goal of 100%
Valid Answers
When answering each Essential Component question, you will have the option of answering yes, partially, or no.
Yes: Fully in place: consistent, documented, and embedded in practice.
Partially: Happens, but inconsistently or not fully documented.
No: Rarely or not in place.
List of Essential Component Questions
EC1: Does your program provide Life Coaching?
Participant's personal development is supported through monthly 1:1 sessions, all-group activities twice a week. Program has referral partners for mental health services.
EC2: Does your program provide activities to develop meaningful relationships?
Activities and practices intentionally develop meaningful relationships between participants, staff and community members, with strategies to assess relationships.
EC3: Does your program provide activities to build competencies related to character and social emotional learning?
Activities develop participant competencies in communication, empathy, responsibility for oneself, solidarity, mutual respect and integrity.
EC4: Does your program provide a pre-program orientation introducing participants to YouthBuild experience and assesses program readiness?
YouthBuild Orientation is at least one week, serves as an introduction to program elements, experience and to assess youth readiness for program.
EC5: Is your program’s educational approach student-centered?
Staff and partners apply educational strategies and activities that are individualized, rooted in for learners’ intelligence and abilities. Connections are made between academic and program components.
EC6: Does your program provide activities to develop life skills, work readiness and career planning?
Activities support career and post-secondary readiness, developing life skills and work readiness. Participants access experiential learning.
EC7: Does your program provide structured ways to engage alumni beyond the program?
Examples: Engaged in program events, alumni club or council, serve as mentors to current participants, etc.
EC8: Does your program provide formal leadership training and development?
Structured opportunities and activities develop leadership skills through service, community-based solutions and civic engagement.
EC9: Does your program have an active Youth Advisory Committee?
A youth committee exists; participants are encouraged to join. Youth voice is valued, solicited and leadership is experienced in an advisory group.
EC10: Does your program have a designated and transparent YouthBuild budget?
A YouthBuild budget reflects resources to operate effectively (staff, space, program activities, etc.).
EC11: Is your organization operating in good standing with oversight bodies?
Compliance with relevant statutory requirements and operate with good governance standards (i.e. independent financial audits-if required. Organizational tax, financial and legal status are up to date and in good standing.)
EC12: Does your program have program policies and procedure manual outlining program operational guidelines and standards?
A comprehensive written manual guides organization’s actions and decisions, outlining operational guidelines and standards on critical HR, financial, equal opportunity, access and belonging practices, and other policies required by major funders.
EC13: Does your program have a comprehensive participant handbook?
Written handbook Includes information, guidelines, policies and procedures relevant to program operations and participant engagement (attendance, completion, discipline, incentives, etc.).