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East Nashville Hope Exchange

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419 Woodland St, Nashville, Tennessee, United States

EIN Number: 30-0615389

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Phone: 615-254-3534

Hours: No Set Business Hours - Call to Inquire

Website: http://www.enhopeexchange.org/

Email: eastnhe@gmail.com

NTEE Code: B99: Education N.E.C.

MISSION - WHAT WE DO

East Nashville Hope Exchange (ENHE) is a nonprofit organization with the mission of strengthening children's literacy through the exchange of knowledge and support among families and the East Nashville community to affirm the right to read for all. ENHE provides a supportive, structured and safe environment where children can learn and have fun. We work with children from schools in the Stratford and Maplewood clusters.

VISION - GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS

With a vision of reading for life, we are passionately committed to: Building relationships with children, caregivers, teachers and the community. Delivering high-quality programming. Championing a life of success for each child.

SERVICES - HOW WE DO IT

East Nashville Hope Exchange - Summer Program ENHE operates a tuition-free, six-week summer program that focuses on improving reading levels and developing children who are active participants in their family, community, and world. The program incorporates family and community involvement in children’s education. The summer program is open in June and July from Monday – Friday beginning at 8:00 a.m. and ending at 3:00 p.m. Students receive literacy instruction in individualized groups of 3-6 students and participate in activities and projects connected to our theme, "My Family, My Community, My World." Each day we have a Guest Reader from the community read a book on our theme, talk to them about their job/role in the community, and emphasize the importance of reading. The program serves approximately 80-100 students, pending funding. ENHE enrolls children in the East Nashville community, in grades Kindergarten-4th. Studies have shown without enrichment opportunities, a child loses approximately 2-3 months of reading achievement during the summer. The children of East Nashville are a good example of what researchers point to when they talk about the “achievement gap” between children from families of means and children in poverty. The children ENHE serves attend schools where an average of 97% of students are from low-income families. East Nashville Hope Exchange - School Year Program In 2013, ENHE augmented its Summer Program with a complimentary School Year Program (SYP). The SYP uses a monthly workshop model designed to help family members support their child(ren) in reaching grade-level reading skills on a long-term basis. The goal of the ENHE School Year Program is to provide literacy training to families and support students’ progress through the school year. The workshops provide concurrent sessions for family members and students as well as a joint session where they can begin implementing the activities addressed in the sessions with the help of workshop leaders. The family sessions focus on how to develop 40 building blocks of healthy development outlined by the Search Institute in The Developmental Assets®, as well as provide hands-on reading activities that family members can do with their children. The 40 assets are research-based positive qualities that influence young people’s development, helping them to succeed in life. In addition to the monthly workshops, ENHE staff interact regularly with families by phone, e-mail, and home visits. With the permission of family, staff will communicate with classroom teachers to monitor student progress. In 2015, ENHE added tutoring supports to its school year program. In the 2018/19 school year, the goal is to increase tutoring support for students who leave our summer program still below grade level proficiency in reading.