What We Do
TAKIF! sets the framework for the services we provide to the communities that can benefit the most. We then out-source the programs to qualified and licensed professionals that provide the necessary services while utilizing our vision which results in positivity being infused into various communities throughout New York City.
Mentoring Initiative:
TAKIF! is committed to administering leadership and guidance to those that need it the most. This Initiative was designed to give our youth the best possibility of being successful in life – by starting them with the strongest foundation. Strong leadership is invaluable.
We will accomplish the Mission By:
*Educating youth on the importance of being a strong leader.
*Providing youth with the tools necessary and role models needed to be successful.
*Working to launch an Ad campaign revolving around the importance of mentoring.
Our Motto: Touch a Life, change the Future.
Job-Readiness Project:
Our Mission: The Mission of TAKIF’s JRP is to nurture a stable foundation for our youth to be able to have the best chance of securing employment through workshops and preparation.
We will Accomplish Our Mission by;
*Educating youth on the importance of securing employment.
*Hosting workshops that specify the various areas where job readiness is needed (I.E. basic CPU programs, resume preparation, dress, speech, and mock interviews) |
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Sneakers for Scholars Program
TAKIF’s Sneakers For Scholars Program recognizes the many that are less fortunate and how feeling good about one’s self can lead to better performance on and off of school grounds.
Working hand-in-hand with the New York C ity Public Education System and our corporate sponsors, we will seek to provide the tools necessary for many to be successful.
Our Mission: TAKIF! strives to provide as much support as possible with an added incentive to do well. This will also serve as a reward for those that will or continue to perform at an exemplary rate in their educational studies.
We will accomplish the mission by:
*Partnering with the New York City Public Education System to see who we can help and reward.
*By securing funding to create a citywide Campaign on this Education-based Initiative.
*By working with our sponsors year-round to ensure these rewards are placed in the hands of those that deserve them.
Our Motto: Do Good, Feel Good, Look Good.
All prize winners may be featured on the website via pictures and/or bios.
Teen Pregnancy Awareness & HIV Initiative
Statistics:
In-depth look revolving around evidence and data:
The New York City Department of health and Mental Hygiene’s (DOHMH) teen pregnancy prevention strategy is guided by two principles:
*Choosing not to have sex is the surest way to avoid unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs); and
*If teens are sexually active, young men should use condoms and young women should use hormonal/long-acting reversible birth control every time they have sex. Sexually active teens should get regularly tested for STIs.
We know what works to prevent teen pregnancy – comprehensive sex education, evidence-based youth development programs and access to community and school-based reproductive health services, including contraception. DOHMH’s teen pregnancy prevention activities include:
*Implementing Comprehensive sex education in middle and high schools, in partnership with the Department of Education.
*Supporting the provision of service-learning youth development programs.
*Providing training and technical assistance to health care providers in community and school-based health centers (SBHCs) to ensure access to sexual and reproductive health services, including contraception.
*Linking students in high schools without SBHCs to community health centers
*Strengthening school health resource rooms and the School Condom Availability Program
*Providing nurse home visiting to low-income, first-time teen mothers through the Nurse-Family Partnership, a program which delays subsequent pregnancies and increases high school graduation and employment.
*Conducting ongoing surveillance to monitor and understand trends in teen sexual activity and pregnancy.
*Advocating policy changes that increase public funding and support for sexual and reproductive health services.
These statistics lead TAKIF! to believe often youth in the areas where education and awareness may be minimal often times struggle to understand the wealth of knowledge that if that is necessary to make healthy choices. For that cause, TAKIF! initiated our Teen Pregnancy Awareness Initiative with the overall goal being to reduce the number of youth having children prematurely.
Our Mission: To assure that youth are equipped with the necessary knowledge that will enable them to make better, more educated, conscious decisions regarding early sexual practices- ensuring less premature teen pregnancy instances.
Our Commitment: TAKIF! will accomplish this mission by providing the educational tools necessary to prevent early teen pregnancy.
Education & the Arts
Due in part to our alliance with Reconstruct Art, TAKIF! offers a medium for our youth to obtain free tutoring and homework assistance as well as express their creativity and display their talents in our Education & the Arts Program.
We will accomplish the Mission By:
*Providing youth with a haven to come for academic assistance as well as to be creative and active as an alternative to other options that may partake in.
*Educating our youth on the various forms and techniques of art utilizing the assistance of the renowned artists from all over the world that are affiliated with Reconstruct Art.
*Providing youth with the Educational and Art tools and supplies needed to be both productive and successful.
Our Motto: Integrating Art & Education now in order to strengthen the future of our youth.
Our Motto: Education is the sure foundation for self-sustaining success. |
