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9 Brandon Drive, Springfield, IL 62703
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.
501 West Boyton Street, Marion, IL 62959
Offers educational, social, cultural, and recreational opportunities for families including mentoring, community meal, and summer food program.
213 North Lake Street, Suite 103, Aurora, IL 60506
Offers before and after school care, and half-day and full-day care to children from low to moderate-income families. Provides experiences in areas of development vital to the early years.
STEAM (Science, Technology. Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) centered curriculum introduces children to problem solving, critical thinking, creativity, curiosity, decision making, and more. The program provides children with nutritious meals and snacks, as well as healthy physical activity.
308 West State Street, Suite 250, Rockford, IL 61101
Provides violence prevention programs to help youth in the community. Services include activities that assist youth in making positive decisions in their lives and promote safer communities. The program often partners with area schools to provide presentations, educational curriculum, and resources to prevent bullying, dating violence, suicide, physical aggression, and delinquency among youth.
1055 3rd Avenue SE, Le Mars, IA 51031
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.
2005 Y Street, Lincoln, NE 68503
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
316 McCoy Road, Evansdale, IA 50707
Provides affordable services and activities to all youth.
710 9th Street, Des Moines, IA 50392
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.
144 North 44th Street, Suite A, Lincoln, NE 68503
Family Resource Program offers language skills, citizenship classes, translation and other assistance regarding INS documents, birth certificates, marriage certificates, high school and college diploma, educational transcripts, and health care services. Offers tax return filings to the community. Employment assistance to job seekers, and employment Bulletin Board information and referral services through bilingual radio program.
Parenting Kindly education to Asian parents.
Youth Leadership Program where youth meet every week to learn leadership skills, community and cultural involvement, and career development skills. Offers Asian Student scholarships - currently provides four (4) $500 scholarships to Asian graduating seniors from any Lincoln Public School.
Seniors Program provides weekly group education programs at the center providing health and behavioral health services to Asian elders.
Cultural education through sharing and presenting the Asian cultural information and activities in Lincoln/Lancaster County. Other cultural activities such as lectures, Tet festival, talks and a number of multi-cultural training sessions, Vietnamese and Chinese language classes, and cooking classes are organized at the Center for a wide variety of groups throughout the year. Cultural and resource orientation classes are offered to New Americans and refugees to educate and share cultural aspects that will help to the refugee community to understand and adjust to have a harmonious life.
Help consumers prepare electronic and paper applications for SNAP, unemployment, legal aid and resumes.
Food services available, by appointment only.
712 South River Street, Suite H, Aurora, IL 60505
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.
701 11th Street, Nevada, IA 50201
Provides programs in character and leadership development, education and career development, health and life skills, arts, sports, fitness and recreation. Offers structured programming promoting academic success, healthy lifestyles, and character development – STEM, physical fitness activities, service to others, arts and crafts, etc.
1515 Zenith Drive, Sioux City, IA 51103
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.
515 Lime Street, Waterloo, IA 50703
Provides affordable services and activities to all youth.
1401 Center Street, Des Moines, IA 50314
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.
2032 U Street, Lincoln, NE 68503
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.
632 West Orlando Avenue, Normal, IL 61761
Offers after school programs for youth. Youth programs offered include tutoring, civic engagement, enrichment classes, Children's Discovery Museum, foreign language lessons, music, financial literacy, and summer camps.
1201 South 4th Street, Springfield, IL 62703
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.
1261 Illinois Route 38, Nachusa, IL 61057
Provides violence prevention programs to help youth in the community. Services include activities that assist youth in making positive decisions in their lives and promote safer communities. The program often partners with area schools to provide presentations, educational curriculum, and resources to prevent bullying, dating violence, suicide, physical aggression, and delinquency among youth.
812 University Street, Pella, IA 50219
Offers initiatives aimed at encouraging and preparing participants for post-secondary education.
The Upward Bound Program includes a six-week summer program and a follow-up during the school year, providing classes to enhance skills and knowledge in key academic areas, with opportunities for older students to earn college credit and, in some cases, high school credit. The program also includes tutoring, which is mandatory for students earning less than a C in any academic course, as well as field trips, cultural, and social activities.
The Talent Search Program provides career, financial aid, academic, and personal counseling, along with information on post-secondary institutions, college applications, financial aid, career options, course selection, ACT/SAT preparation, and study skills. Funds are available for tutoring and travel expenses to visit post-secondary institutions. Participants also have access to field trips and cultural events. Both programs aim to support students, including those with exceptional abilities or talents, by offering enriched educational opportunities and resources to foster their academic and personal growth. Eligibility is open to first-generation college students, individuals from families with income below 150% of the poverty guideline, and U.S. citizens or permanent residents aged 12 and older who demonstrate potential for success in post-secondary education.
107 South 3rd Street, Knoxville, IA 50138
Offers reading, Literacy, and Homework help during after school programming for K-12th grade students.
210 South 5th Street, Ames, IA 50010
Provides programs in character and leadership development, education and career development, health and life skills, arts, sports, fitness and recreation. Offers structured programming promoting academic success, healthy lifestyles, and character development – STEM, physical fitness activities, service to others, arts and crafts, etc.
317 7th Avenue South, Clinton, IA 52732
After-school programs, as well as holiday and summer camps for school-aged children through 5th grade.
2301 Hickman Road, Des Moines, IA 50310
Offers a wide variety of activities including arts and crafts, academic programs, sports, reading clubs, workshops and other recreational, leisure, cultural, social and civic activities for school-age children and youth
420 Kellogg Avenue, Ames, IA 50010
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.
413 Mulberry Aveune, Muscatine, IA 52761
Provides an after school reading, writing and math tutor program and will help with homework when needed.