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Provides after-school programs which include homework help, crafts, and board games.

Summer camps are also offered.

Provides after-school programing which includes homework tutoring, physical activities and expanded learning opportunities.

Offers a variety of activities and classes which include youth and adult athletic leagues, before and after school CARE program, and special events throughout the year. Activities are held in community facilities throughout Sugar Grove. Before and after school programs are held in elementary schools throughout the district.

Offers extended child care before and after school for school aged children and summer adventure programs

Offers various programs during the school year when there are days off from school. Programming includes field trips, swimming, and weekly themes.

Infant to school-aged quality including early education and childcare services.

After-school programming promoting developmentally appropriate activities.

Provides youth development programs, youth sports, and summer camps.

Provides after school activities for youth. This program only runs when school is in session. 

Child Care and Family Services Programs:

Licensed Child Care - all day care for 6 weeks to Kindergarten.

Preschool - partial day programs from Pre-K children.

School Age - before/after school for kids K-6.

Child Watch - care for children 6 months to 7 years while parents work out at the YMCA.

Programs focused on character and leadership development, education and career development, health and life skills, arts, and sports, fitness and recreation.

Provides quality childcare for children ages six weeks through school age. Open through the evening to meet the needs of parents who need extended care. Preschool is also provided.

2 Locations:

- Downtown: 317 7th Avenue South, Clinton, Iowa 52732; (563) 244-8340.

- Lyons: 250 20th Avenue North, Clinton, Iowa 52732; (563) 242-2110.

Provides after-school programing which includes homework tutoring, physical activities and expanded learning opportunities.

Offers year-round affordable, quality childcare for low-income families with children ages 6 weeks to 10 years, a therapeutic child care program that offers specialized care for children ages 2 to 6 years old who have been identified as having special behavior or emotional needs, and summer daycare for children ages 5 to 10 years old.

Offers homework help, educational computer games, crafts, board games, puzzles, flash cards, educational games, puppet play, field trips and community service projects.  Program is faith based and offers Christian stories and true life stories.

The Early Childhood Education Center, for ages 3-5 years old, uses a Montessori-inspired curriculum.  Operates weekdays, morning through afternoon, throughout the year.

The Out-of-School Program targets school aged children between the ages 5-13. Monday-Friday, program participants are picked up from school and brought to the Center.  Includes homework help, communication activities, college planning, entrepreneurship programming, mentorship and volunteer opportunities.

Serves as the lead agency for the Community Learning Center (CLC) at Culler Middle School. CLCs serve as a collaborative component between schools’ administrative staff and community based organizations and provides extended learning opportunities for both students and families.

Availability of other programs may vary and may include:

The Health Outreach Program is advocating for the African American community in Lincoln by providing basic health care information and ensuring that there are no barriers to getting care.  Targets African American adults who do not have a medical or dental home and/or have not seen a doctor in the past year.

Breast Cancer Outreach Initiative empowers all women, especially African American women to do preventive screenings and if necessary, helps them receive treatment. This program ensures that all women receive clinical breast exams.

​The Talented Tenth Scholars Program provides African American males between the ages 13-18 with cultural awareness, social support, and academic enrichment. The Youth Empowerment Curriculum draws strength from the African American cultural ideal of collective work and responsibility, by creating a cohort of adolescent scholars who will experience the curriculum together and by matching them with mentors. It aims to motivate the youth to work for the betterment of themselves as individuals, and as conscious and committed members of their families and communities. The program’s goal is to help the participants develop leadership and graduate from high school.

Strong Courageous Girls Program is a gender, culturally specific and evidence based prevention program for African American girls ages 12-18. Using the Smart and Strong Curriculum, this program operates twelve months a year and helps young women build self- esteem, develop coping skills for everyday life, and provides them the tools to reach their goals.

Moving Forward to End Domestic Violence financially empowers women by enabling survivors of interpersonal violence to achieve financial empowerment and job readiness through culturally appropriate services.

Before- and after-school care is provided at regional elementary schools.

YMCA Camp Days are available for working parents who are looking for a safe, structured, and nurturing environment for their child to have positive peer interaction on days when school is not in session.

Assist individuals to reach their potential through recreation, fitness and sports programs. Offers summer day camp with open enrollment, various recreational and educational programs for adults and youth, and child watch. 

Provides a before and after school program and summer all day childcare for children ages 5-12. Breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack are provided for children attending.

After school and summer programming for youth in grades K-12 to receive homework/tutoring assistance, appropriate behavior lessons, problem solving skills, making responsible decisions, responding to conflict appropriately, and skill-building activities in a range of subjects.

Youth classes to promote and teach character.

After school and summer day camp programs.

Before School, After School, and Full Day programs for elementary-age students.

Provides after-school programing which includes homework tutoring, physical activities and expanded learning opportunities.

After-school programming promoting developmentally appropriate activities.

Enrichment programs provide the foundation of self-sufficiency and self-awareness to become leaders in the community. These workshops enrich youth with leadership, life and social skills enabling them to becoming valuable assets and effective leaders in society. BLA Leadership in Action 101 curriculum also enriches the lives of their families with community connections, resources and additional services. BLA’s Leadership in Action 101 aims to extend academic successes through character learning that ensures the participants successfully plan, manage and implement leadership skills in a community, as well as in an academic setting. 

The Teen Empowerment initiatives take youth off the streets after school and on the weekends when acts of mischief, crime, or violence can occur. Younger youth, who are eager to grow up, are especially vulnerable. Banister’s Teen Empowerment projects, the Youth Advocacy Leadership Boards, The Night L.I.F.E.(Leadership in Fun Environment) and the Levels of Leadership Support provide strong role models and guidance as youth develop. Staff foster individual leadership styles to help youth understand human relations issues and to discover their role and responsibilities in the classroom, community and workplace. 

Throughout their journey, youth will examine and share their personal values, traditions and beliefs while working together to create a healthy community. Youth will learn about themselves and each other to create a deeper understanding, awareness, and knowledge of how to articulate issues of difference such as, race, culture, faith, gender, age, ability, sexual orientation and class. In addition to these valuable life skills, youth also earn a renewed sense of confidence, and will be able to identify and confront the biases, prejudices, and deep-rooted issues that may emerge in their student, personal and professional lives.