“Intelligence Plus Character ~ that Is the Goal of True education”
— Dr. Martin Luther King
Overview
Positive Impact Movement is an academic and behavioral intervention strategy specifically designed for vulnerable and high-risk students. Our program model is approved by the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners, the New York City Board of Education, Chester Community Charter Schools in Chester, PA., Franklin Township School District in Somerset New Jersey, York City School District, and identified by the Maryland State Department of Education as an effective model in decreasing negative youth statistics.
PIM is a restorative program that motivates and prepares students for academic and personal success while building resiliency. Through mentoring, restorative practices, social-emotional training, life skills coaching, peer mediation, character development, and self-esteem building- Positive Impact Movement is committed to creating an alternative youth culture by achieving positive outcomes with high-risk and vulnerable populations.
A Model Creating Peace and Social Stability in Schools through Mentoring, Restorative Practices, Social Emotional Training, and Life Skill Coaching.
About Us
New Vision Youth Services is an approved vendor by the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners and identified in the Maryland State Department of Education’s “Model Policy to Address Gangs, Gang Activity, and Similar Destructive or Illegal Group Behavior.” We have developed Positive Impact Movement (PIM), a 24/7 mentor restorative model with a mission to change the cultural environment of “high need” youth by eliminating violent and destructive behavior. Through mentoring, restorative practices, social-emotional training, life skills coaching, peer mediation, character development, and self-esteem building- Positive Impact Movement is committed to creating an alternative youth culture by achieving positive outcomes with difficult populations. PIM hires Cultural Influencers/credible messengers and allows them to positively impact young lives. These men and women mentor high need youth who require training that is relevant to establishing appropriate values and character.
Our Director
Bishop Billy H. Stanfield Jr is founder and executive director of New Vision Youth Services, a youth development organization designed to create an alternative youth culture through mentorship, restorative practices, social, emotional, character development, and life skills training. A Baltimore native, Bishop Stanfield was educated in the Baltimore Public School System through middle school. He excelled in basketball and was recruited by Cardinal Gibbons High School, one of the top academic and basketball programs in the Baltimore metropolitan area. There he graduated and became an All-American high school basketball player. Bishop Stanfield has two earned degrees from Ohio Christian University one in Leadership and Ministry where he graduated summa cum laude and a Master of Arts in Practical Theology.
Services
Social, Emotional, and Character Development (SECD):
Cultural Influencers/Credible Messengers provide character development activities to identified students referred by the school administration, who require training that is relevant to establishing appropriate values, beliefs, and building a sense of self. PIM has incorporated designed sessions to produce human transformation in youth who need to develop a mastery of life skills.
“To Education Someone In Mind And Not In Morals Is To Educate A Menace”
— Theodore Roosevelt
Positive Impact Movement
7+
School Districts
Served
10,000+
Students Impacted Through Character Development, Mentorship and Life Coaching
75%
Decrease in Truancy
in targeted population
79%
Increase in attendance
in targeted population
84%
Increase in Academic Behavior
in targeted population
76%
Decrease in Violent Incidents
overall in schools served
“There are no words to express how important this has been. New Vision is our eyes and ears. When the students know you care, it makes a difference. We no longer see the large traffic jams in the halls. The program has moved the kids out of the halls and given us the tools to learn academic rigor. They don’t allow the kids to give up.
— Cecelia McDaniel, School Principal
Contact
Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Email
nvys@nvys.org
Phone
(410) 244-5700 - Office
(410) 244-5702 - Fax
Past and Present Partners & Funders
