Project IMPACT - Lima Ohio serves the Lima/Allen County area providing long term service to "at-risk" youth in an effort to deter them from the cycle of juvenile delinquency and/or incarceration.  It is the goal of Project IMPACT- Lima to provide the best long term delinquency prevention service to "at-risk" youth of Lima/Allen County at the least cost.

The need is great. Statistics show that students in the Lima City Schools are engaged in violent and abusive behavior at an alarming rate.  Between 1990 and 1994, disruptions increased over 180%, assaults increased 125% and students carrying weapons increased and alarming 392%.  Criminal activity is also increasing at an incredible rate.  Between 1991 and 1994, the number of youth under the supervision of the Juvenile Court increase 91% and from 1990 to 1994, the number of youth incarcerated by the Ohio Department of Youth Services increased by 54%.

In the Lima/Allen County area, poverty, unemployment, and high school drop-out rates have continued to overexpose "at-risk" youth to destructive examples of self and community survival and underexpose them to effective ways of development and success.   In order to meet this challenge "head on", Project IMPACT - Lima seeks to alter the conventional view that violence among inner-city youth is inevitable by putting the issue in a public health perspective that focuses on prevention.

In addition to the five core programs of Project IMPACT, we offer two other programs to the youth that we serve; Rites of Passage and Martial Arts Training.