Many young people feel lonely, isolated, and disconnected from their peers, adults, and communities—which leads to increased anxiety and depression. Moreover, only 39% of under-resourced youth can access SEL (CASEL). To foster empowerment, connection, positive relationships, and belonging, ThinkGive’s SEL programs center around youth taking prosocial actions to impact themselves and others.
ThinkGive’s proprietary curriculum is innovative in its focus on student agency, prosocial behavior, and positive peer connections. Programs typically last between 5 and 7 months. Based on the Six Cs Model of Positive Youth Development, our program cycle fuels connection and prosocial behavior by combining in-class curriculum (THINK), self-directed student actions (GIVE), self-reflection (REFLECT), and peer-to-peer-engagement (SHARE).
ThinkGive protects against anxiety and depression by impacting social awareness, self-awareness, and relationship skills (CASEL core competencies). Our proof of impact shows in our 80% partner retention rate and student and educator feedback. Students (n=2,500) have reported: 85% feel empowered to be a force for good; 84% feel more connected with family, community (78%), friends (77%), peers (65%), and teachers (61%); 74% feel increased self-esteem; and 72% are better at seeing things from someone else’s point of view.
In the past decade, we have engaged 15,000+ students globally. The program is scalable in scope and geography because we use the Train-the-Trainer implementation model, supporting educators in bringing the program to their youth.
Our vision is that every student can access the SEL needed to develop their whole selves and promote emotional well-being. As such, our top strategic initiative is to expand access to our student-driven programs by partnering with more educators serving under-resourced youth. We have made significant progress toward this goal in the past two years. In 2021–2022, 53% of our partners served under-resourced youth, 71% in 2022–2023, and 79% in 2023–2024. We aim to work with 150 partners over the next three years, reaching 7,500 under-resourced youth.
Learn more about our Programs here: https://www.thinkgiveproject.org/programs/.
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