Project P.A.S.S. -Preparing Athletes for Scholastic Success
Project P.A.S.S. is a program designed to educate and equip female student-athletes residing in the Clayton County, Georgia area for college.
About You
Contact Information
Title
Mr.
First name
Melvin
Last name
Norris
Your job title
Vice President/Chief Financial Officer
Name of your organization
Leadership and Development of our Youth In Sports (LADYS) Inc.
Organization type
Non-Profit organization
Annual budget/currency
$134,000
Location
Project Street Address
5903 Waggoner Court
Project City
Rex
Project Province/State
Georgia
Project Postal/Zip Code
30273
Project Country
United States
Your idea
Choose your sport: (check all that apply)
Basketball
If you chose "other" for Sport, please define in 1-2 words below
What approach does your initiative incorporate?
Knowledge/educational materials
Year the initiative began (yyyy)
2006
Paste your video code here:
If your project has a website, paste the web address here:
Plot your innovation within the discovery framework:
Barrier
Perception shapes the future
Insight
Make the first step easier
This field has not been completed.
Name Your Project
Project P.A.S.S. -Preparing Athletes for Scholastic Success
Describe Your Idea
Project P.A.S.S. is a program designed to educate and equip female student-athletes residing in the Clayton County, Georgia area for college.
Innovation
What is your signature innovation, your new idea, in one sentence?
Project P.A.S.S. is a program designed to educate and equip female student-athletes residing in the Clayton County, Georgia area for college.
How many people does your innovation serve or plan to serve? Exactly who will benefit?
The program plans to serve between 200-300 female athletes who along with their parents will benefit immensely from the information given.
Do you have any existing partnerships? If so, please list and describe.
Our existing partnership is with Clayton State University where the classes and recruitment readiness workshops will take place.
In which sector do these partners work? (Check all that apply)
How do you implement your innovation and apply it to the challenge/problem you are addressing?
The program will we implemented through two components. The first component will be ACT/SAT Preparatory Workshops. The state of Georgia was ranked #46 in the nation with high school students having an average SAT score of 993. It is our goal that through these workshops that the SAT scores of the students we service will surpass the state average.
The second component are the Recruitment Readiness Workshops which are designed to educate the college bound athlete on the recruiting and eligibility rules as they move from high school to college, as well as give them an insight as to what is expected of a college student-athlete. More than 700 female athletes compete in Clayton County Public Schools with less than 5% receiving scholarships at the collegiate level. The workshops will consist of speakers and presentations that will educate, empower and enlighten.
Impact
Provide one sentence describing your impact/intended impact
Project P.A.S.S. and its programs are designed to educate, empower and enlighten female student-athletes to the information needed for college.
What does impact/success look like? Please list any tangible measures of the impact of your innovation
The impact shown through Project P.A.S.S. is shown through the information that is given to the athletes and their parents who for so long have been misinformed. The tangible measures are participation rates and follow-up statistics as to the athletes who received scholarships as a result of the program.
Is there a chance that your project could change policy (within an institution or government)?
No
Aside from financial sustainability, how do you plan to grow the initiative or expand your intended impact?
We plan on expanding Project P.A.S.S. to other counties south of Atlanta, Georgia such as Henry and Fayette.
This Entry is about (Issues)
Sustainability
How is your initiative financed (or how do you expect your initiative will be financed)?
This initiative is financed by its participants, donations, grants scholarships and in-kind contributions.
Financing source
Annual budget
The annual budget for Project P.A.S.S. is $9,800.00
Annual revenue generated
The annual revenue generated is $4,800.00
Number of staff (full-time, part-time, volunteers)
Project P.A.S.S. has 6 volunteers.
What are the main barriers to financing your initiative, and how do you plan to address these barriers?
The main barrier to financing the initiative is finding suitable financial backers for our program. We address this barrier by talking to fouundations who already provide funding for other programs and find out of any other sources through them.
What are the major challenges with regards to partnerships?
We have no challenges with regards to partnerships.
The Story
What stage is your project?
Ongoing project .
What was the motivation or defining moment that led to create this innovation? Tell us the story.
The defining moment that led to the establishment of this program is the need for female student-athletes in a low to moderate income community to receive the exposure necessary to secure scholarships for college.
Please tell us about the social innovator behind this initiative
The social innovator behind this initiative stems from the establishment of a program in Clayton County geared towards female student-athletes receiving the exposure needed to secure scholarships for college.
(Optional) To be eligible for an additional prize, please select age range
14 – 18
 | 170 weeks agoRenata Affonso said: Hello, Women Win would like to invite you to join its group at http://sportforchange.changemakers.net/en-us/group/womenwin. Just ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 172 weeks agoRandy Delgado said: Mr. Norris, A program near and dear to my heart. The one thing that I have found in working with urban athletes is that they not ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 173 weeks agoRahul (Robin) Brahmbhatt said: Mr. Norris, Great program! I am curious to see what the avg SAT score split is for boys and girls. Your program has been active ... about this Competition Entry. - read more > |
| 173 weeks agoMelvin Norris submitted this idea. |
