Club Impact
Kids and teens who regularly attend a Club do better than their peers.
Measuring The Impact
Making A Difference
Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s research shows that young people who attend a Club regularly tend to do better than their peers nationally. For instance:
- 68% of Club 12th graders volunteer at least once per month, while 39% of 12th graders nationally do so.
- 91% of Club ninth graders report abstaining from alcohol, compared to 77% of ninth graders nationally.
- 91% of Club ninth graders report abstaining from marijuana use vs. 85% of ninth graders nationally.
- 27% of Club girls in middle school are physically active each day, compared with 23% of middle-school girls nationally. 42% of Club boys in middle school exercise daily, while 37% of middle-school boys nationally do so.
- 73% of low-income Club members ages 12 to 17 who attend the Club regularly report receiving mostly As and Bs, compared to 69% of their peers nationally.
- 12th-grade Club members are more than twice as likely to express an interest in a STEM career as 12th graders nationally (56% of 12th-grade Club members vs. 25% of 12th graders nationally).
For more information about how Boys & Girls Clubs impact kids and teens, read our National Youth Outcomes Report.
National Outcomes Report
Over the past decade, Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) has built the capability of Club organizations to collect and use data to measure youth outcomes and demonstrate their impact to stakeholders. This data provides Clubs insights with which to adjust their practices and implement quality improvements to have a greater beneficial effect on youth.