Program Description
Good Samaritan takes the long view with an intensive, comprehensive program, having seen that short-term, patchwork services and relationships simply can’t get the job done.  As a result, young people receive ongoing tutoring, training, and experience as they explore and strengthen their unique competencies—social, ethical, cognitive, emotional, spiritual, and physical. The program runs 46 weeks a year, and great effort is made to engage students for the full four years of their high school experience. Because Good Samaritan recognizes that needs are great and resources finite, it builds for the future by weaving leadership development, work-readiness, and community service projects throughout the program. 

The Good Samaritan Foundation offers intensive, comprehensive services through its Student Training Opportunity Program (STOP).  The program currently serves 40 high school students from Anacostia Senior High School in SE Washington, DC and IDEA Public Charter High School in NE Washington, DC. 

Organization History
Spurred by a powerful commitment to service, former National Football League superstars Art Monk, Charles Mann, Earnest Byner, and Tim Johnson launched the Good Samaritan Foundation (GSF) in 1993.  Their intent, then as now, was to help District of Columbia youth live up to their potential and become productive, responsible adults and parents.

Partners and Supporters
Supporters
Accenture
The Clark Construction Group
The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
Canon USA
Capital One Youth Service Fund
Children’s Charities Foundation
Choice Hotels International
Commonweal Foundation
DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation
DC United – Kicks for Kids
Donald Graham
East River Family Strengthening Collaborative
ExxonMobil
ExxonMobil Foundation
FBR
Financial Planners Association-National Capital Area
Freddie Mac
Freddie Mac Foundation
Rikoh
Latham and Watkins
MDRT Foundation
Metro Dream Homes, LLC.
Muse Architects
Most Valuable Kids
Phillip Graham Foundation
POS Cafe/Metro-Pos, LLC.
World Bank East of the River Initiative

Community Partners
Achieve Tutoring
Adams Morgan Animal Hospital
Anacostia Economic Development Corporation
Anacostia Senior High School
Capitol Hill Computer Corner
College Summit
DC-CAP-Anacostia
DC Department of Employment Services
Front of the Bus Productions
IDEA Public Charter School
Mentors, Inc.
Operation Hope
The Salvation Army-East of the River Initiative
The Syracuse University Alumni Club of Washington, DC
The Urban Alliance Foundation
Volunteer Fairfax
YMCA Capital View