The Incentive Mentoring Program or IMP is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that was originally founded by Sarah and Ryan Hemminger as a partnership between students at Johns Hopkins University and two Baltimore City High Schools: Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (Baltimore, Maryland) and the Academy for College and Career Exploration . The goal of IMP is to transform teenagers who are failing high school into Baltimore City's most valuable role models. IMP extends a school-based tutoring program to the home, providing both academic and social support to youth struggling with poverty, drugs, and violence. Mentoring teams, called "IMP Families" not only support teenagers in overcoming their own adversity, but also encourage them to help others do the same. IMP students have achieved a 100% graduation and 100% college enrollment rate.
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