Arts Access
ACHF Arts Access
Kulture Klub Collaborative will build new relationships with high needs clients. Kulture Klub Collaborative will track brand new participants and their repeat attendance. In a longer term, success will be marked by participation beyond this program. 2: Homeless youth will experience fewer barriers to arts participation. Quantitatively: How many youth take advantage of accessibility support (bus tokens, child care, etc.). Qualitatively: A barrier survey will be circulated to one-time participants.
The goal was to build new relationships with high needs clients. Specific to this program, the outcome was clearly achieved based on repeat attendance. Because the population is a highly mobile constituency, repeat attendance usually eroded as living conditions shifted. However, youth came to expect the activity and would ask are we doing art today? We were able to translate some of the new relationships into longer engagements with you. Many clients in the daytime program transition to the more mainstream evening program where Kulture Klub Collaborative does most of our work. In one case, a daytime client B.D. joined the Kulture Klub Collaborative Youth Advisory Council and is currently a paid intern with the organization. Another youth D.C. deepened a relationship and skill level during the program to where Kulture Klub Collaborative invited him to have a solo exhibition in our gallery. This was the first time we have ever done a solo youth show. 2: Kulture Klub Collaborative is proud to report that youth experienced fewer barriers to participating in art. This group of youth deals with significant struggles, and meeting people where they are at is critical. Kulture Klub Collaborative distributed mid-session barrier surveys to gain more insight into the community and learned that transportation was a major issue. Kulture Klub Collaborative started distributing more bus tokens and saw a sharp increase in attendance. Barriers were addressed with the support of Kulture Klub Collaborative Social Service Coordinator Susan Pohl. Susan was available for ongoing consultation and support for the numerous mental and chemical health issues the youth were struggling with. Working closely with this population, it became apparent that self-medication and chemical abuse is a significant issue for this community. Sleeping in emergency adult shelters or outside, the youth use heavily to get through the traumas of both night and day. Susan was trained in how to execute Rule 25 Assessments, an important step in the rehab process.
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