Youngtown Educational Services Inc. (YES) is a nonprofit agency that has been in business for over 40 years. Its mission is to improve the high school graduation rates in the local high schools had to increase the number of graduates who go on to college. Initiated by the local high schools in collaboration with the local Chamber of Commerce, the agency has had very strong support from the local service groups, the town, and the school district. YES provides tutoring, after-school jobs, and scholarships for advanced education. Over the years, it has gradually received increased grant funding from the federal government to the point where this funding amounted to about 60% of its budget.

The US Department of Education began to require its grantees to demonstrate that their services include all ethnic populations and genders in relation to the percentage of the population presented in the community. Up to this point, YES was simply providing services and was not keeping track of the demographics of those who received services. Face with a possible loss of over 250,000 in funding, the YES board decided that it would need to undertake some dramatic changes in terms of identifying and tracking target populations.

How would you word the YES mission statement to ensure that services were inclusive of all populations represented in the community?

What is one goal that this organization might have to provide a beacon or target that will meet the requirements of the Department of Education?

What is one outcome this organization might have? What are three outputs or services that would help them to reach this outcome?