HomeWorks Trenton

Mission: Mission: HomeWorks inspires and equips young women from marginalized communities to achieve their potential and positively transform the world around them by providing a supportive and educational residential environment.
Program Description: Program Description: Students live at HomeWorks during the week then spend the weekend with their families. While at our program, students receive housing, transport to and from school, healthy meals, and social and academic resources such as tutoring, therapy, and social identity workshops. All of our programming is offered free of cost by local volunteers and college students. We try to bring all of the benefits of the boarding school experience to public education without high costs and scalability issues.
Type of service
Tutoring Program
Academic Intervention
Website Address
https://www.homeworkstrenton.org/
Year Started
2016
Headquarter Location (City, State)
Lawrenceville New Jersey
States of Operation
New Jersey
Operation Locations
Lawrenceville, Trenton, Princeton
Subject Offered
English Language Arts (ELA),
Math,
Science,
Social Studies
Grade Levels
9th Grade,
10th Grade,
11th Grade,
12th Grade
Languages Offered
English
Percentage of tutors who can speak a language other than English
30 % speak Spanish
Setting
Out of School
Delivery Mode
In-Person
Tutor-Student Ratio
4:1
Number of Sessions Per Week
4
Number of Minutes Per Session
90
Number of Weeks Per Program
Full school-year (~35)
Does your program engage with parents?
Yes
Family Engagement Description
We host community events with parents once per month. During the pandemic, we delivered meals to families while their children learned virtually.
Organization Type
Nonprofit
Customer Type
Student
Cost to District/ School/ Non-Profit
0
Type of Tutor
Tutoring staff,
Volunteer
Randomized controlled trial (RCT) study conducted?
No
Quasi-experimental (QED) study conducted?
No
Contact
Liam Lynch (llynch@homeworkstrenton.org)