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Helps Education

Organization and Contact

Organization Type
Nonprofit
Website Address
https://www.helpseducationfund.org/
Headquarter Location (City, State)
Raleigh, North Carolina
Contact Name
John Begeny, Founder and Executive Director
Contact Email
john@helpseducationfund.org

Program Overview

Mission

With a focus on improving educational equity and promoting a more just society, Helps Education Fund provides evidence-based programs and services that are free or low-cost and meaningfully advance student learning.

Program Description

With a focus on improving educational equity and promoting a more just society, Helps Education Fund provides evidence-based programs and services that are free or low-cost and meaningfully advance student learning.

Type of service
Tutoring Program
Academic Intervention
Other
Other type of service

We offer several evidence-based programs and services.

Year Program Launched
2010
States of Operation
North Carolina

Students and Offerings

Number of Students Served in the Most Recent School Year
1000
Grade Levels
Kindergarten,
1st Grade,
2nd Grade,
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade,
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Subject Offered
Math,
Reading
Languages of Instruction
English,
Spanish,
Other
Other languages
Portuguese

Delivery Model and Staffing

Delivery Mode
Blended (for the same student, in-person and virtual sessions),
In-Person,
Virtual with a human tutor (e.g. Zoom)
Setting
During School,
Immediately before/after school
Tutor-Student Ratio
1:1 or 2:4
Number of Weeks Per Program
10
Number of Sessions Per Week
3
Number of Minutes Per Session
15
Type of Tutor
Other
Other tutor type
Nearly any trained adult can use our programs for tutoring, including a teacher, paraprofessional, tutor staff, volunteer parent, and others.
Percentage of tutors who can speak a language other than English
Diversity varies by geographic location of tutoring program.
Does your program engage with parents?
Yes
Family Engagement Description

We use a variety of approaches to engage families and even offer evidence-based supplemental activities parents can use at home if they want to.

Customer and Cost

Customer Type
Nonprofit,
Parent,
School,
Student
Average cost for typical tutoring cycle
Often free for school or district (with funding coming from foundations and grants); but our ability to offer completely free depends on our current grant funding. We sometimes ask school districts to assist with paying tutoring costs if grant funding can

Research Evidence

Randomized controlled trial (RCT) study conducted?
Yes
RCT Citation

https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/PracticeGuide/wwc_foundationalreading_040717.pdf. For our HELPS Programs, there have been at least 10 published studies. Please contact us for access to these publications.

Quasi-experimental (QED) study conducted?
No