Community centers serve a vital role bringing people together for social and recreational activities, and functioning as a delivery point for access to public services and information. While centers vary in size, demographics, and mission, they all share a need to understand who they’re serving, what programs are utilized, and how they’re making a difference for the members in their neighborhood.
As the industry leader in family center data management software, TraxSolutions has a scalable architecture so you can automate your operation right now, secure in the knowledge the system can grow along with your needs. Whether you work with kids, seniors, or everyone in between, Trax is the right choice for your organization.
Peter Paul is a community center that serves youth, families, and senior citizens in the east end of Richmond, VA. Its mission is to support the surrounding community by educating its students and equipping them to serve as positive contributors to their family, community, and society. By educating children, engaging families, and empowering the community, the organization seeks to serve as a change agent.
The organization’s programs are essential in fostering an environment that creates an opportunity for children and families to thrive. To offer and operate these programs, volunteers are a critical component to the organziation’s success, which is why they use TraxSolutions’ family center data management software, in particular, leveraging the VolunteerTrax module to collect and manage volunteer information. The tool saves them time and money, so they can focus on furthering programs by proving outcomes to secure additional funding. Using data collected from TraxSolutions, the organization is able to show how its programs provide participants with the tools needed to be productive contributors to society. Through the use of our software, the organization has been able to demonstrate that it supports 350 students in grades 2-12 across its five locations. Further data shows an 87% improvement in academic performance.
Reduction in data entry time by consolidating volunteer time and records in one system allowed for an increased focus on programs, contributing to a 90% improvement in homework completion and class participation.