Boys Hope Girls Hope Of Northeastern Ohio

Boys Hope Girls Hope of Northeastern Ohio (BHGH) was founded in 1986 to help students from disadvantaged backgrounds succeed in school and life. Our mission is to help academically capable and motivated children in need to meet their full potential and become men and women for others by providing value-centered, family-like homes, opportunities and education through college. The young people we serve come from families affected by poverty, substance abuse, mental health issues, community violence and a lack of sufficient academic opportunity; BHGH of Northeastern Ohio currently serves 175 young people. BHGH shares a common mission with 14 U.S. and three Latin American cities and utilizes structured programming adapted to the needs of each community, unique curriculum, and partnerships with local schools and universities. Service ‘pathways’ include residential homes for up to 20 Scholars; intensive year-round, out-of-school time programming for 150+ community-based Scholars in 6th – 12th grade; and post-secondary advising and scholarship support through career launch for 60+ Scholars who have graduated our program and are currently enrolled in College or other post-secondary certification program. BHGH is in the final phases of a 5-year capacity-building project punctuated by the expansion of our campus and construction of a 22,000 square-foot, Rajan Center designed to dramatically increase our depth of programming as well as the number of Scholars we serve each day.