Shaker Heights Youth Center

Name

Shaker Heights Youth Center

Legal name

Shaker Heights Youth Center

Website

https://shakerheightsyouthcenter.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Social Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (624110), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Youth Mentoring & Positive Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAD)

Keywords

• Youth social services
• School-based counseling
• Youth prevention programs
• Community youth development
• After-school programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Ohio

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Donations and Individual Contributions: Individual donors at various levels (Leaders $2,000+, Champions $1,000-$1,999, Innovators $500-$999, Builders $100-$499, Believers) contribute to programming and operations.
2. Institutional Grants and Funding: Funding received from government agencies and foundations including ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County, Cleveland Foundation, Starting Point, and Shaker Heights City Schools.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Shaker Heights Youth Center delivers community-based youth social services including school-day social work and counseling for K-12 students, after-school skill-based programming (THRIVE), summer employment (Shaker Summer Jobs), experiential social justice learning (P.E.E.R.S.), youth civic engagement (Shaker Youth Leadership Council), and community-wide youth service coordination (Shaker Youth Collaborative). All services are provided free of charge to youth and families in the Shaker Heights community through licensed master's-level social workers and counselors.

Product overview

Shaker Heights Youth Center operates as a community social service organization offering a portfolio of youth development programs across school-based, after-school, and summer formats. The core offerings include the Student Assistance Program providing school-based social work services at all K-12 levels, the THRIVE after-school program delivering skill-based learning for high school students, the Shaker Youth Leadership Council for youth civic engagement, the Shaker Summer Jobs Program providing employment opportunities, P.E.E.R.S. offering experiential social justice learning, and the Shaker Youth Collaborative coordinating community-wide youth services. Programs are delivered in partnership with Shaker Heights City Schools and funded through various community foundations and government sources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Shaker Youth Collaborative: Formerly known as Shaker MyCom, this initiative brings together community stakeholders committed to supporting youth in Shaker Heights.
• P.E.E.R.S. (Positive Engagement Encouraging Resiliency in Shaker)
• THRIVE
• Shaker Summer Jobs Program

Quantifiable outcome

• Serves over 300 youth annually
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Janus Small and AssociatesminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2025Strategic planning consultant engaged by SHYC for comprehensive strategic planning process resulting in the 2026-2028 Strategic Plan.
• Shaker Heights City SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1977Significant partnership initiated in 1977 forming the foundation for the agency. The Youth Center provides student assistance services, prevention programming, and counseling at all district schools from K-12.
• Youth Opportunities Unlimited (Y.O.U.)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Y.O.U. to provide the Shaker Summer Jobs Program, which offers 9th-12th graders summer employment opportunities for 6 weeks. Youth must be turning 14 years old by May 30th to participate.
• Obtainable Elegance, LLCminorGTM or Marketing PartnerProfessional chef service that leads cooking classes for the THRIVE program, teaching ServSafe-aligned kitchen skills including hygiene, safe food handling, and proper cooking temperatures.
• Abide YogaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerYoga instruction partnership for THRIVE program, offering yoga classes that promote self love, self care, and wellness for youth participants.
• MyCom (Shaker Youth Collaborative)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFormerly known as Shaker MyCom, now called Shaker Youth Collaborative. Engages the broader community to identify and address challenges facing Shaker youth through collaborative networks of youth-serving organizations.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Emerging players

• City Year: National nonprofit deploying near-peer mentors into K-12 schools for attendance, social-emotional, and academic support - a partial overlap with SHYC's school-day student assistance model.

Direct peers

• National 4-H Council: National youth development organization with positive youth development, mentoring, and leadership programming that overlaps with SHYC's P.E.E.R.S. and Youth Leadership Council offerings.
• After-School All-Stars: National nonprofit providing comprehensive after-school programs for high school youth, directly comparable to SHYC's THRIVE after-school programming for grades 9-12.
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland: Regional Boys & Girls Clubs affiliate providing after-school and summer programming for youth in the Cleveland area, directly comparable as a community-based youth development organization serving similar populations.
• Communities In Schools: National nonprofit that places site coordinators inside K-12 schools to deliver integrated student supports, counseling referrals, and prevention services - the closest national model to SHYC's embedded counselor approach.
• Youth Opportunities Unlimited (Y.O.U.): Greater Cleveland youth development nonprofit that operates summer jobs and youth employment programs - already a co-delivery partner of the Shaker Summer Jobs Program and a direct comparable in Cleveland youth workforce development.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland: Affiliate of the national mentoring organization operating in Cleveland, providing school-based mentoring programs that directly overlap with SHYC's mentoring and student assistance programs.

Regional players

• Bellefaire JCB: One of the largest children's mental health and social services agencies in Northeast Ohio, providing school-based counseling, prevention, and youth development services that directly overlap with SHYC's student assistance programming.
• Beech Brook: Cleveland-based mental health and social services agency for children and adolescents, offering school-based services and prevention programming comparable to SHYC's portfolio.

Others

• MyCom Cleveland: Cleveland-area youth collaborative network that coordinates youth-serving organizations and is the parent framework of SHYC's own Shaker Youth Collaborative - a peer ecosystem partner.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ShakerHeightsYC
• Facebookfacebook.com/ShakerHeightsYouth
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/shaker-heights-youth-center

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

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