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Offers educational programming for children, before and after school. Programs focus on STEM skills (science, technology, engineering and math) with an emphasis on literacy and arts, as well as computer literacy and practical life skills like entrepreneurship and work readiness.

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Extended Child Care
Youth Enrichment Programs
Provides leadership education and development opportunities using the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to help PreK-12th grade students develop the leadership and employability skills they need to succeed in school and after graduation.

Provides a variety of summer activities for youth and teens. Activities include arts and crafts, a game room, free meal program, club technology center, fitness center, boys and girls sport activities and leagues and brain games. Breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack are provided.

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

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Boys/Girls Clubs
Youth Enrichment Programs
Extended Child Care
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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Babysitting Instruction
Hygiene
Personal Safety Education
Youth Enrichment Programs
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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Babysitting Instruction
Hygiene
Personal Safety Education
Youth Enrichment Programs

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.

Boxing gym with a mentorship and violence prevention program, with the goal of helping increase school graduation rates.

Programming teaches non-combative de-escalation, how to properly exercise and diet for a healthy lifestyle, and how to process and release emotions or stress in a positive manner.

Members are given strategic exercises individually and in a group, in both a classroom and gym setting.

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Youth Enrichment Programs
Self Defense Training
Boxing
Mentoring Programs
Offers a variety of sports and physical education, summer program and other activities for youth. Rents a room for parties and events and offers volunteer opportunities.

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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Youth Enrichment Programs
Extended Child Care

Participants learn life and leadership skills while exploring their local community. Includes enrichment programs, leadership classes, and field trips.

Offers safe, supportive, and respectful environments for children, adolescents and their families, provides wellness Education, leadership development, and community education. Youth Outlook Drop-In Centers meet weekly to support each other and discuss topics of interest to the participants.

Other offerings include:

- Rainbow Sprouts, a social program for children K-6 and their parent/family/guardian.

- Youth Leadership Program: provides opportunities to help run drop-in centers, assist with volunteer training, organize special projects, participate in community education, and advise the agency board through the Youth Advisory Board.

- Transcend: a program for transgender youth, provides a forum to discuss issues such as gender identity, hormone injections, legal issues, etc.

- THRIVE: A support group for parents, foster parents, guardians, and full-time caregivers of LGBTQ+ teens.

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LGBTQ2+ Support Groups
Leadership Development
LGBTQ2+ Advocacy Groups
Youth Enrichment Programs
LGBTQ2+ Community Centers
Doanes Park Youth Center provides a wide variety of recreational opportunities and services for youth ages 8 to 18. The Youth Center features a 200 person room suitable for meetings and catered events. A great place for rehearsal dinners, birthday and anniversary parties, holiday gatherings and showers.
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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Day Camps
Boys/Girls Clubs
Youth Enrichment Programs

Offers a positive youth development program which combines an interactive curriculum and running to inspire self-respect and healthy lifestyles in pre-teen girls. The core Girls on the Run curriculum addresses many aspects of girls' development like their physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being. Over a period of 10 weeks, girls participate in an after-school program. Designed to allow every girl to recognize her inner strength, the curriculum inspires girls to define their lives on their own terms. Throughout the season, the girls make new friends, build their inner confidence, and celebrate all that makes them unique.

Offers adult-supervised youth activities, including dances, youth trips, and other youth activities.

Youth programs offered during the school year.
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 Math Camp for under represented girls in 4th-12th grades. The program works to solidify math foundation skills by improving opinion about math, reducing fear about math, provide fun interactive drills and math related activities and improve post assessment scoring.

Provides a boxing diversion program to drug use, gangs, and violence. Services are available for all youth, especially those in low-income households, to participate in extracurricular activities while providing a safe, healthy, and positive environment. Youth are taught the fundamentals of Olympic boxing through the direction of licensed/certified coaches. The program is designed to teach responsibility and self-control while supporting positive life outlook. Issues of pre-delinquent and delinquent behaviors such as alcohol and drug use are addressed in the program. Can also establish tutors for youth members as needed.

After-school programs, as well as holiday and summer camps for school-aged children through 5th grade.

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Day Camps
Extended Child Care
Youth Enrichment Programs

After-school partnership, encouraging and empowering girls in 4th-12th grades in understanding and exploring science, engineering, math, and related technology. The curriculum promotes these disciplines as girls explore skills in collaboration, critical thinking, and lifelong learning. SMART Clubs champions the study and vocation of these technological fields.

Offered at specific schools in partnership with Lincoln Public Schools Community Learning Centers.

Linn County Peer Group Program is free for Linn County children enrolled in the Cedar Rapids School System. This program provides quality programming to youth with low self-esteem and inadequate social interaction skills through the use of social/recreational activities and positive peer group identification. Attendance has shown to improve communication skills, social skills, life skills and build solid friendships.
Matches adult volunteers with children who need a supportive adult in their life. The program recruits men and women who are willing to make a commitment to a child for at least one year. Volunteers spend 4 hours a month with a child, participating in activities of their choice throughout the community (going to the zoo, playing catch, or taking a walk). Staff members evaluate prospective volunteers for the qualities necessary to contribute to the healthy development of the child. A child is matched with a volunteer big brother, big sister, couple or family according to the child's needs and the capabilities of the volunteer(s). Following the match, supervision is provided by the professional staff to assist the big brother, sister, couple or family in developing a strong positive relationship with the child.

SCHOOL BASED MENTORING offers adult volunteers the opportunity to meet with a child in their school for one hour a week during the school year. During that hour, the match spends time working on the child's schoolwork, talking, and quite simply, building a friendship. Children are referred to this program by school personnel with parental approval.

SCHOOL BASED PLUS MENTORING is an extension of our School Based Mentoring. After three months in School Based Mentoring can join this program. School Based Plus allows Bigs and Littles the opportunity to meet once a month outside the school setting. They are able to enjoy activities such as picinic at the park, going to sporting events, the movies, or any other activities they might enjoy together.

COMMUNITY BASED MENTORING allows individuals who are 18 or older to visit with a child twice a month for a minimum of 4 hours. Bigs spend time with their Littles participating in activities throughout the community. Whether its going to the zoo, playing catch, or just taking a walk, its a great chance to form a bond. The possibilities are endless for the growth of a new friendship. Community Based Mentoring also allows for Big Duo (two friends, co-workers, a husband and wife, etc.) or a Family Matches. Children are referred to this program by their parent or guardian.

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Mentoring Programs
Youth Enrichment Programs
Tutoring Services
Before and after school program provides arts, crafts, games, and an after school snack for elementary age children. Childcare is provided for days when there is no school. Children bring their own brown bag lunch.

Preschool for children 3-5 years old.

Summer program provides licensed childcare for elementary age children. Includes: arts, crafts, games, playground at the park and swimming two times per week. Breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack provided by HHS Summer Food Program. This program is seasonal from the end of school to the start of school.

Gym and meeting room rental.

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Early Childhood Education
Extended Child Care
Child Care Centers
Youth Enrichment Programs
Neighborhood Multipurpose Centers