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Provides collaborative leadership and fundraising for health and human service programs assisting Jasper County, Iowa, residents. The grant cycle begins each October and funding is awarded in the following March. Full details are available at untiedwayofjaspercounty.org

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Charities/Grantmaking Organizations
Youth Enrichment Programs
Volunteer Recruitment/Placement
Youth services provides courses on topics including first aid for children, disaster preparedness, water safety, and babysitting for children. Also offers youth volunteer opportunities and service learning projects for middle and high school students.

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Hygiene
Youth Enrichment Programs
Babysitting Instruction
Personal Safety Education
WIZE GIRLS is a program for girls in 6th, 7th or 8th grade that meets weekly during school year. The girls participate in recreation and community activities.

Literacy, educational support, mental health services and referrals to other agencies as needed.

Works to address the holistic needs of each child through:

- A safe environment with caring adult mentors.

- Healthy meals and bags of weekend food.

- A hands-on curriculum with a focus on reading, STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) and classroom readiness.

- Partnerships with other agencies to ensure families' basic needs are met.

- Basic swimming and water safety skills through swimming lessons.

- Behavioral health services and skill building groups.

- Leadership and workforce development opportunities for teen alumni.

- Adult education classes such as ESL, literacy and GED that increase self-sufficiency for parents.

- Opportunities for kids and parents to engage with each other and give back to their community.

- Outdoor learning through the Nature Explore Classroom and gardening clubs.

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Swimming/Swimming Lessons
English as a Second Language
Brown Bag Food Programs
Literacy Programs
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Extended Child Care
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Child Guidance
Youth Enrichment Programs
Various activities including sports, games, field trips, leadership building, arts, educational and career readiness.

Offers a program focusing on developing literacy skills, social/emotional learning, and the important academic and life transitions middle school students experience as they transition to high school. Designed for middle school students ages 13-16. Also creates opportunities for parent and student engagement.

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Literacy Programs
Tutoring Services
Boys/Girls Clubs
Youth Enrichment Programs

Provides after-school programs for K-12 children at 18 schools and one community center in Vermilion County. These programs offer homework assistance, tutoring, and credit recovery. Also sponsors project-based academic enrichment activities, including STEM, literacy, entrepreneurship, arts and music, physical activity, service learning, mentoring, prevention programming, life skills development, youth leadership, college and career readiness, field trips, and more. In addition, Project Success provides students with snacks and meals.

Offers to prepare youth to make healthy choices through prevention and education programs relating to substance use, adolescent pregnancy, and suicide prevention. These services provide early awareness, intervention, and out-of-classroom support to give youth the tools they need to stay on the right path.

Programs include:

Substance Use Prevention

Smoking and or vaping cessation

Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention

Suicide Prevention

Youth Violence Prevention

Juvenile Delinquency Prevention

Human Trafficking Prevention

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Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Youth Enrichment Programs
Youth Violence Prevention
Child Abuse Prevention
Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Smoking/Vaping Cessation Support
Mental Health Information/Education
Smoking/Vaping Cessation
Human Trafficking Prevention
Juvenile Delinquency Prevention

Helps youth achieve positive growth and development, improve expectations and capabilities for future success, and avoid and/or reduce risk-taking behavior.

Offers academic enrichment, life skills education, parental involvement, recreational/cultural opportunities, positive adult mentors, and community service.

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Youth Violence Prevention
Youth Enrichment Programs
Life Skills Education

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.

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.
Offers children a safe, warm, and nurturing environment, hot meals, and instructional time with adults. All children receive a kid-friendly food bag at the end of program nights. Bible classes, social activities, school support, and seasonal giveaways are also provided.

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Youth Enrichment Programs
Extended Child Care
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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Tutoring Services
Youth Enrichment Programs
Faith Based Youth Programs

Provides help to young people to connect with relevant learning and the emphasizes the importance of staying in school. Their volunteer-delivered K-12 programs foster work-readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy skills.

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Youth Business Programs
Youth Enrichment Programs
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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Tutoring Services
Youth Enrichment Programs
Faith Based Youth Programs

Offers a varies of programs for children in need of preschool, before and after school care, and a summer day camp. Services provide academic intervention, healthy activities, and enrichment opportunities throughout the school year.

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Extended Child Care
Youth Enrichment Programs
Day Camps
Character building classes help develop strong communication and leadership skills, grow their minds and explore God's Word, while having fun and connecting with their peers. Dinner is served during this event.
An organization dedicated solely to girls in an accepting and nurturing environment, where girls can build character and skills for success in the real world. In partnership with committed adults, girls can develop qualities that will serve them all their lives--strong values, social conscience, and conviction about their own potential and self-worth.

Provide life-long learning opportunities by partnering with schools, families and neighborhood residents to promote youth development and stronger communities through before and after school programs, Community Learning Centers and youth summer programs.

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Youth Enrichment Programs
Tutoring Services
Extended Child Care
Early Childhood Education
An organization dedicated solely to girls in an accepting and nurturing environment, where girls can build character and skills for success in the real world. In partnership with committed adults, girls can develop qualities that will serve them all their lives--strong values, social conscience, and conviction about their own potential and self-worth.

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.

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.
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.

Categories

Tutoring Services
Youth Enrichment Programs
Faith Based Youth Programs
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.
Youth services provides courses on topics including first aid for children, disaster preparedness, water safety, and babysitting for children. Also offers youth volunteer opportunities and service learning projects for middle and high school students.

Categories

Hygiene
Youth Enrichment Programs
Babysitting Instruction
Personal Safety Education