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YMCA Outreach: Solutions & Acheivers | YMCA of the Iowa Mississippi Valley

Helps the schools, parents, and community in an effort to prepare young people to become successful and productive citizens.  The program focuses on the YMCA core values of Character, Honesty, Respect, and Responsibility, tied with the Six Pillars of Character Development to enhance the self confidence, motivation, and self esteem of the participants.  The program is site-based and operates at different schools sites in the community.  Every group at each particular site meets at different times.  The program identifies at-risk youth that are potential leaders and are currently underachieving.

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Club Compass | Compass for Kids

Provides a free community-based program that takes place after school. The focus is on social-emotional skill development, enrichment, and reading to elementary students in Springfield Public Schools – District 186.

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Youth Services | Maze of Life Resource Center

Provides programs and training for youth, including:

- Life skills training

- Peer mentorship

- Career readiness

- Tutoring and after school programs

- Dance and step programs

- Sports camp

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Boys and Girls Club | Iowa Tribe Boys and Girls Club Recreation Center

Offers grant-funded programming such as Kidzlit, Smart Moves/Meth Smart, and Youth Mentoring.

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Prevention Services | YSS

Offers programs designed to prepare youth to make healthy choices through prevention, education, and enrichment activities. These services aim to provide early awareness, intervention, and out-of-classroom support to equip children and adolescents with the tools they need to stay on a positive path. Programs address a variety of critical issues, including:

- Substance Use Prevention

- Smoking and/or Vaping Cessation

- Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention

- Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention

- Suicide Prevention

- Youth Violence Prevention

- Juvenile Delinquency Prevention

- Human Trafficking Prevention

- Child Abuse Prevention


Additionally, youth enrichment programs are offered to promote healthy social interaction and help participants maximize their social, emotional, physical, and academic potential. These programs may include arts and crafts, academic workshops, sports, reading clubs, and other recreational, cultural, and civic activities.

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After School Program | PiECES After School Program

Offers a free after school program for students K-6th grade enrolled in the Burlington Community School District. PiECES runs during the school year, and provides a snack, recess, and enriching lessons or activities relating to STEM, art, music, cooking, and more.

Transportation is also provided home for eligible students.

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City Life | Siouxland Youth for Christ

City Life is a faith based, after school youth program offering tutoring and recreational activities for middle and high school students. Open to 11-19 year olds. Provides a relational, holistic, community-based ministry in which City Life teams raise up indigenous leaders from the young people living in the community.

Students meet weekly after school on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons for a family-style meal, games, activities, and discussion at The Underground City Life Teen Center.

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LEAP (Le Grand Enrichment & Arts Program) | Le Grand City Offices

Offers a one month summer recreation program for local children ages 5-11. Promotes art, music, crafts, physical activity, and access to a wide variety of programs.

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Heart and Sole | Girls on the Run of Central Illinois

Offers curriculum that is designed for girls to address their unique challenges by empowering them to make thoughtful and healthy decisions. The curriculum is delivered over the course of 10 to 12 weeks and addresses the societal, mental, and emotional challenges particular to their age.

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Youth Development Programs | Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club

Offers a variety of recreational, educational, cultural, and social youth development programs for youth (6-18 years of age). Leadership and citizenship development are all a part of the club's objectives for participating boys and girls.

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Night LIFE (Leadership in a Fun Environment) | Banisters Leadership Academy

Provides a safe and positive learning environment by taking at risk youth off the streets on the weekends, when acts of mischief, crime, or violence occur.  Each week, young people gather together to learn and develop evidence-based, positive skills and traits to sustain them throughout their lives.  Healthy kids movement for coping skills.  Free meals.

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YMCA Outreach: Solutions & Acheivers | YMCA of the Iowa Mississippi Valley

Helps the schools, parents, and community in an effort to prepare young people to become successful and productive citizens.  The program focuses on the YMCA core values of Character, Honesty, Respect, and Responsibility, tied with the Six Pillars of Character Development to enhance the self confidence, motivation, and self esteem of the participants.  The program is site-based and operates at different schools sites in the community.  Every group at each particular site meets at different times.  The program identifies at-risk youth that are potential leaders and are currently underachieving.

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Community Programs | Malone Community Center

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.

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Education/Youth Development | Urban League of Nebraska, Inc.

Provides a comprehensive array of services to reduce barriers to school attendance and increase student engagement. Year-round services include the Community Coach Program an alternative to court involvement, detention, and out of school suspensions. The Youth Attendance Navigators address chronic absenteeism; the Whitney M. Young Jr. Academy provides college and career prep activities.

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Youth Engagement Programming | Bay, The

Offers activities and programming for youth ages 4-18, at the physical spaces at The Bay Lincoln and The Benson Community Center in Omaha.

OPEN DROP-IN HOURS: After school, evenings, and weekends.

CAMPS, LESSONS, AND WORKSHOPS: Seasonal; pre-registration required. Includes:

- Summer Camps

- Skate School

- Fashion School (Lincoln only)

- Beatmaking School (Omaha only)

COMMUNITY EVENTS: Recurring weekly (Lincoln only) or monthly (Omaha only). Includes:

- Fashion and Makers Markets

- Concerts

- Gaming/E-Sports Tournaments

- Skate Competitions

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After School All-Stars, Positive Youth Development | Boyton Street Community Center

Offers educational, social, cultural, and recreational opportunities for families including mentoring, community meal, and summer food program.

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Tech Mentorship Program | Pi515

Offers a six-month immersive experience in computer science and critical thinking, led by industry professionals from partners like John Deere and Principal Financial. Students build a strong foundation in Python through hands-on coding and classroom instruction, collaborate with peers, and explore a wide range of careers in technology. Upon completion, students may earn 3 college credits.

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Youth Services | Youth and Family Center of McHenry County

Provides after-school and summer programs. Youth receive academic support, mentoring and life skills education, and opportunities to engage in positive recreational activities and service learning projects.

Also provides Youth Intervention Services: Individualized care plan created for youth identified to require more one on one support to address social-emotional concerns.

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Afterschool and Summer Programs | YSS

Offers a place for children (grades K-6) before and after school, as well during the summer. YSS's free, six-week summer enrichment program focuses on fun and educational activities. The YSS Teen Club is an afterschool program for teens (grades 6-8) to focus on positive development.

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Community Center | El Centro de las Americas

Information and referral. Translation and interpretation.

GED study materials and test resources.

Citizenship classes.

Youth programs for Latin American youth age 14-18.

Health and Wellness Outreach unit for minority health initiatives.

Domestic violence support group.

Food distribution.

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Community Center and Senior Center | City of LaVista Community Center

Community center. Offers sports and cultural programs for youth and adults.

Senior center located within the community center is open Mon-Fri 9 am-3 pm.

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Youth Activities | Salvation Army - Des Moines

Provides religious, character-building, and social activities in the neighborhood area for all ages. Youth activities are typically held on Wednesday evenings.

Recreation Club includes club activities, crafts, music, a senior citizen luncheon, and a women's club are held monthly.

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African American Men of Unity | African American Men of Unity

Community-based non-profit organization committed to serving at-risk youth of all ethnic groups, to provide underprivileged youth with strategies, tools and coping mechanisms to raise self-esteem, confidence and self-worth, so they can make better choices, understand the value of education, and be contributing members of society.

Offers:

- Rites of Passage: Leadership development for youth ages 7 to 18.

- Job Readiness: Preparing youth ages 14 to 21 for jobs in retail, customer service, and manufacturing industries.

- Skills and Drills Basketball: Sportsmanship and teamwork to encourage positive social and academic engagement, for youth ages 7 to 15.

- Mentoring (In-school and Afterschool): To be the positive role model, mentor, and father figure to at-risk youth ages 7 to 18 to help them build confidence, raise self-esteem, and reach their full potential at school and in life.

- FIRE Intervention Program: Interventions for students with low academic performance, especially for students who have been suspended, arrested, defiant, and totally disconnected from the education process.

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Youth Programs | National Hook-Up of Black Women - Joliet

Offers a variety of youth programs and services. 

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