Leap To Success Inc

THE MISSION OF LEAP TO SUCCESS IS TO EDUCATE AND EMPOWER WOMEN WHO ARE OVERCOMING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HOMELESSNESS, AND OTHER MAJOR LIFE CHALLENGES TO REACH THEIR GREATEST POTENTIAL.

LEAP TO SUCCESS PROVIDES EMPOWERMENT AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS FOR WOMEN WHO ARE RECOVERING FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HOMELESSNESS, ADDICTION, AND OTHER CHALLENGES, THROUGHOUT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.THIS WAS OUR SECOND YEAR DELIVERING ALL PROGRAMMING ONLINE IN LIVE SESSIONS USING ZOOM. WOMEN CONNECTED TO OUR CLASSES FROM THEIR LIVING ROOMS, KITCHEN TABLES, TRANSITIONAL LIVING LOCATIONS, AND EVEN WHILE PARKED IN THEIR CARS TO BUILD CONFIDENCE, IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND BE PART OF AN ONGOING SISTERHOOD OF SUPPORT.WE SERVED 796 PEOPLE IN 2021, AN INCREASE OF 3.5% COMPARED TO 2020. ALL PROGRAMS WERE OFFERED AT NO COST TO WOMEN WHO WERE REFERRED BY MORE THAN 60 AGENCIES INCLUDING CENTER FOR COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS, FATHER JOES VILLAGES, GOODWILL INDUSTRIES, INTERFAITH COMMUNITY SERVICES, JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE, MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEMS, AND SAN DIEGO HOUSING COMMISSION.OUR PROGRAMS, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND ACTIVITIES INCLUDED:1. LEAP TO CONFIDENCE, A SIX-WEEK PERSONAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. 199 WOMEN BUILT MORE CONFIDENCE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THEIR LIVES TOWARDS BECOMING SELF-RELIANT. THIS IS A 12% INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE FROM 2020. THE TOP THREE AREAS OF GROWTH THE GRADUATES ACHIEVED WERE: 1) HIGHER SELF-ESTEEM, 44% GROWTH, 2) CONFIDENCE IN THEIR ABILITIES, 34% GROWTH, 3) EMPOWERED TO MAKE THEIR OWN CHOICES, 34% GROWTH. THE GROWTH IS ILLUSTRATED BEAUTIFULLY BY A COMMENT FROM A PROGRAM GRADUATE: I BELIEVE IN MYSELF. I LET GO OF NEGATIVE SELF-TALK. I NO LONGER LIVE IN FEAR, AND I AM CONFIDENT! I ALSO GOT OFFERED A POSITION IN THE FIELD I WANTED. THIS CLASS GAVE ME THE CONFIDENCE TO NAIL THE INTERVIEWS! M, GRADUATE, LEAP TO CONFIDENCE.2. THE MONTHLY EMPOWERMENT CIRCLE PROGRAM, AVAILABLE TO ALL LEAP TO CONFIDENCE GRADUATES, WAS HELD TWICE A WEEK TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO WOMEN WHO WERE ISOLATED AND STRESSED FROM THE CONTINUING PANDEMIC. 105 WOMEN PARTICIPATED IN THE EMPOWERMENT CIRCLE AN AVERAGE OF 11 TIMES EACH, A 43% INCREASE IN VISITS FROM 2020. 3. TEN WOMEN PARTICIPATED IN THE NINE-MONTH LONG TRANSFORMATION LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. IN THIS PROGRAM THE WOMEN DEVELOP PUBLIC SPEAKING AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS THROUGH VARIOUS ASSIGNMENTS AND ACTIVITIES. PROGRAM GRADUATION WILL BE IN JUNE 2022. AFTER GRADUATION THE WOMEN WILL HELP CONDUCT COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR LEAP TO SUCCESS AS THEY SHARE THEIR INSPIRING STORIES TO BRING GREATER AWARENESS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, RECOVERY FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE, AND HOMELESSNESS AND RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO HELP.4. 133 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED IN THE SELF CARE IN STRESSFUL TIMES WEBINAR THAT WAS DEVELOPED AT THE ONSET OF THE PANDEMIC. IT WAS DESIGNED AS A RESOURCE FOR SUPPORT WORKERS WHO DEAL WITH CLIENTS IN CRISIS. AS MORE PEOPLE WENT BACK TO THEIR REGULAR WORK SCHEDULE, PARTICIPATION WANED IN THIS OFFERING AND WAS 50% LESS THAN 2020.5. THREE PROGRAM GRADUATES WERE INVITED TO ATTEND THE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY TO DEVELOP THEIR FACILITATION AND TRAINING SKILLS. TWO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE TRAINING AND WE HAVE HIRED THEM AS INSTRUCTORS FOR OUR LEAP TO CONFIDENCE PROGRAM.