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Executive Summary

The 2019-2020 academic year of Boys & Girls Club of Greater Houston programming has been different from any before it and different than anyone could have expected. Just as the coronavirus pandemic has altered life around the world, it has changed the nature and goals of academic and youth-serving organizations. In many ways, these changes have made organizations like the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Houston all the more critical. Though these changes are still occurring at a rapid pace and final analyses are not appropriate at this moment, a review of the year can help to understand the state of the organization prior to the pandemic, how it has adjusted to this new context, and to plan for the changes to come. Using data from the Fall 2019 semester, both at the level of individual club members and aggregated information at the level of each of the five clubs, this report describes the second year of Boys & Girls Club of Greater Houston Texas ACETM programming in the Spring Branch Independent School District. Findings include a high level of program attendance across the five Texas ACETM clubs, positive associations between program attendance and outcomes, and club-level strengths and concerns for each involved club and the entire program. Interviews were also conducted with Boys & Girls Club of Greater Houston staff to understand the experience and impact of the transition of the clubs and services provided in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Several key themes, including successes and challenges associated with continuing to serve families, were reiterated in these interviews and are highlighted in the final section of this report. Several process conclusions across all included information, such the engagement and effort of the staff in implementing previous recommendations, are also described. In sum, this report details analyses and findings from the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Houston’s Fall 2019 academic semester of Texas ACETM programming and perspectives on their transition to alternate programming in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The most critical conclusions are supportive of the effort and likely impact of this programming and the importance of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Houston in the communities it serves.