Athletics, STEAM Camps & Life Coaching
Mentoring and STEAM summer camps bring hands-on learning together with agriculture and equine experiences.
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Our impact
2025 Impact
Explore a year of food access, workforce training, youth support, and volunteer service. Discover the community work behind the numbers.
A year of community effort
2025 at a glance.
Impact figures provided by Teen Start. Each total reflects its own measure of service and support.
3,137
Meals and Food Access for Families
Connecting families with food
645
Workforce Training
Building practical skills for work
418
Youth Served
Supporting young people’s growth
13,040
Volunteer Hours
Time contributed to the work
2025 impact figures provided by Teen Start.
Program roots
Practical learning. Everyday support.
These highlights bring together the Ohio program work described in the 2024–25 annual report.
Life Skills & Independent Living
Transition to Independent Living, Life After High School, and homelessness-prevention work support the journey toward adulthood.
Explore this programWorkforce & Career Readiness
Construction, early childhood education, and health and safety training connect practical learning with preparation for work.
Explore this programFood Security & Agriculture
Traditional and hydroponic urban farming, child nutrition, and food distribution connect food access with community learning.
Explore this programProgram descriptions: 2024–25 annual report, pages 3–4. The 2025 impact totals on this page were provided separately by Teen Start.
Community in action
A closer look at our community.
Explore moments of learning, discovery, and time together.
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A place to belong
Supportive relationships and shared moments are part of growing together.
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Learning together
An outdoor visit brings people together for shared discovery.
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A moment to connect
Time outdoors creates space to play and spend time together.
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Hands-on discovery
Exploring growing spaces and learning through shared experiences.
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Community in focus
The people and everyday moments behind the community story.
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Learning by doing
A creative activity makes room to practice and try something new.
The people behind the work
A place to belong
Supportive relationships and shared moments are part of growing together.
Explore our programsThe original annual report
See the work in context.
Read Teen Start’s 2024–25 annual report for Northern & Central Ohio, including program descriptions, reported activity, leadership, and 2024 financial information.
This original report preserves an earlier record of program activity and financial information. The 2025 totals above reflect a separate update provided by Teen Start.
Minot-based. Serving North Dakota.
Skills on the court.
Skills on the court.
Confidence beyond it.
Teen Start + New Vision Athletics
The next chapter
A new connection through sport.
Based in Minot and serving youth across North Dakota, the New Vision Athletics collaboration connects basketball training and mentoring with Teen Start’s commitment to practical skills, confidence, and independence.
North Dakota activities and outcomes will be shared here as they are documented, alongside Teen Start’s reported Ohio work.
Help shape what comes next.
Talk with Teen Start about the collaboration’s current needs, delivery plans, and ways to support athletic development and mentoring.
For sponsors & grantmakers
Help create the next opportunity.
Connect with Teen Start about program needs, communities served, delivery plans, budgets, and available organizational information.