Current Programs

Art Therapy Connection Art Therapy Connection (ATC) provides art psychotherapy to students within their school setting who have been identified as at risk of failure socially, emotionally and academically and who are currently not receiving any mental health services. Please visit our website at www.arttherapyconnection.org

Bethel Family Programs Bethel Family Programs of New Life Centers of Chicagoland empowers West Humboldt Park youth to live life to its fullest. After-school and summer programs provide children ages 4-12 with tutoring and activities to foster the whole child, as well as serving teens ages 13-19 with college preparation, technology training, and recreation. Play spaces for infants and career assistance for parents encourage the whole family to attend, working together to achieve their goals. Blackstone Bicycle Works/Experimental Year-round, summer, and after-school program in Woodlawn that teaches up to 30 youth on-the-job training in bicycle safety, mechanics and repair, metal working, and entrepreneurial skills. Please visit our website at www.experimentalstation.org.

Blackstone Bicycle Works We run a bike shop, yes, but our goal is to weave local youth into all levels of our activity, from learning basic bike skills to facing the entrepreneurial challenges of a bustling small business.  All year-round, you can find young people at Blackstone working, learning, and having a good time while doing it. Your participation, as a customer, donor or volunteer enriches your community and the lives of our young members. Please visit our website at http://www.experimentalstation.org/blackstone

CARA Road Scholars CARA Road Scholars is a youth running program designed to challenge underprivileged high school students to experience the benefits of goal-setting, character development, adult mentoring and improved health by providing them with a truly life changing experience: Training for and completing the Rock-n-Roll Chicago Half Marathon! www.cararuns.org

Centro Romero Established in 1984, Centro Romero serves the primarily immigrant and refugee communities of Edgewater, Rogers Park and Uptown on the northeast side of Chicago. Please visit our website at www.centroromero.org.

Cluster Tutoring Program Founded in 1989, the Cluster Tutoring Program provides free one-on-one tutoring to more than 60 school-age youth, grades one through 12, from the Austin community in Chicago.

Cooperative Image Group Provides public arts education programs for 500 youth, ages 8-21, using professional artists to provide after-school and summer fine arts and marketing training, and provides community gardens for an estimated 200 residents in Humboldt Park and West Chicago. Please visit our website at www.coopimage.org.

Corazon a Corazon Corazon a Corazon provides an after-school educational enrichment program for youth who are at risk for academic failure on the southeast side of Chicago. Please visit our website at www.corazon-a-corazon.org

Dime Child Foundation Dime Child Foundation's mission is to provide resources and services to at-risk, low-income students that would ensure them hope for a promising future. Through programs that emphasize the importance of education, mentoring and leadership, youth are encouraged to seek their highest level of potential. Please visit our website at www.dimechild.org

Erie Elementary Charter School Erie Elementary Charter School (EECS) provides children in grades K-5 with a high-quality education that values their unique life experience, language and culture. Our innovative curriculum, infused with the Spanish language, the arts, and an emphasis on lifelong learning, creates a culture of high expectations for our students. EECS offers enriching learning opportunities both during and after school, including dual language instruction, technology access, Judo training, field trips, music, and now, visual arts with a professional artist. Learn more at www.eriecharterschool.org

Graffiti Zone Graffiti Zone (GZ) is a non-profit community arts studio. Its purpose is to create an environment in which kids can connect with themselves and their community through art making and arts promotion. Art is used as a tool to develop leadership skills/promote interest in education, increase self-esteem and strengthen community involvement. www.graffitizone.org

Hooked on Drums Hooked On Drums™ brings the upbeat, inspiring rhythms of African djembe drumming from the Malinke people in Guinea , West Africa to kids in urban Chicago. We offer Hooked On Drums classes and youth drum performances through the Chicago Park District, local schools and community organizations. More than just a way to “blow off steam” or “keep kids off the street,” the program gets kids hooked on authentic, traditional music, allowing them to explore African heritage while sharpening their minds on a complex musical idiom. And the rhythms are irresistible! www.hookedondrums.org

Hudson Academy Foundation The Hudson Academy Foundation provides a fitness martial arts program for residents of the Village of Robbins (south suburb) and surrounding communities. Other programming includes basketball, summer camp, before- and after-school care, and cheerleading for 50 children and youth, ages 4-16. Please visit our website at www.hudsonacademy.org .

InnovaTeen Innovateen seeks to bridge the technology gap and provide career development, life, and technical computer skills through 12-week programs and summer internships for 20-25 low-income youth, ages 13-18, living in Kenwood-Oakland, Grand Boulevard, Washington Park, Hyde Park, and surrounding communities. InnovaTeen also provides informal computer training and career and life skills education for youth ages 10-13. Please visit our website at www.innovateen.org

Intonation Music Workshop The Intonation Music Workshop empowers children to become rock stars on every stage in life through innovative music education. Using donated instruments and a unique pop band curriculum, our after-school music program provides kids in Chicago’s under served communities access to instruction and performance opportunities in a safe and positive environment, sparking for many a life changing sense of accomplishment and belonging. Our students learn to express themselves musically, at the same time developing essential life skills such as cooperation, practice, risk taking, and setting and meeting goals. IMW Instructors work closely with the students as they explore each aspect of the pop band format- drums, bass, guitar, keyboards and vocals- before choosing their niche and forming a band with fellow students. The bands are then mentored through weeks of preparation for a community performance. IMW partners with social service agencies, Chicago Park District locations, Charter Schools, and other organizations in the realization of its mission. Instrument donations are welcome! Visit us at www.intonationmusicworkshop.org

Jabez Ministries Incorporated (JMI) Is a Christian nonprofit which strives to help underserved respect the intellectual strength provided through education, and provide enrichment through the arts and athletics. Our programs and activities nurture and support academic success, build character and integrity, and promote the overall well being of our youth. We provide comprehensive and customized academic, social, mental, physical and vocational programs and mentoring to meet the needs of our participants. Our work is done in collaboration with our community partners; our goal is to give youth an alternative to the social injustices that confront them daily, and aid them in becoming productive and successful members of their community. www.jabezbeatsthestreets.org

JHP Community Center JHP Community Center’s mission is to help children and youth commit to a life-long pursuit of self-development through service to one another and their communities by offering a comprehensive community and school based curriculum called the A-CLASS Learning System Series. Please visit our website at www.jhpcommunitycenter.org

Kids Off The Block Kids Off The Block provides after-school tutoring, sports programs, field trips, community service programs, workshops, and career development training for 60-95 at-risk youth, ages 12-19, in the Roseland community. www.kidsofftheblock.org  Contact: diane.latiker@sbcglobal.net

KidzExpress KidzExpress provides educational and recreational field trips, tutoring, physical recreation, career and academic counseling, arts and crafts, life management skills, camps and retreats, and a post-high school education fund for 70 at-risk children and youth, ages 5-18, in Austin. Please visit our website at www.kidzexpress.org

Make a Difference Youth Foundation* Make A Difference Youth Foundation - Provides technology-oriented after school tutoring and extracurricular programs for elementary students, and college prep for high school students from across Chicago. More than 150 students are served each week. Please visit our website at www.makeadifferenceyf.org

Making A Difference Everywhere Making A Difference Everywhere offers leadership, mentoring, and drug and gang prevention for 200 students, ages 9-14, through after-school and summer basketball programs and family events in the Bronzeville, Lawndale, and Uptown communities. Please visit our website at www.madeforchicago.com

South Side Community Art Center (SSCAC) Founded in 1940 and located in the heart of historic Bronzeville, the South Side Community Art Center (SSCAC) grew out of the Work Progress Administration’s (WPA) Federal Arts Project. Of the more than 100 community art centers established by the WPA, the SSCAC is the only surviving art center and the oldest African-American art center in the United States. The mission of the SSCAC is to provide arts education to our local community, maintain and grow our permanent collection of original African-American artwork dating back to the 1940's, provide exhibition and gallery space to local artists, develop a body of collectors, and increase opportunities for African-American Artists. www.southsidecommunityartcenter.com

T.E.A.M. T.E.A.M. is a tutoring / mentoring / life-skills and athletic program serving African American girls in West Chatham neighborhood of the south side. Contact: cemil8104@yahoo.com

The Cambridge School The Cambridge School's after-school program, The Ambassadors Club seeks to increase self-discipline, parental involvement, and academic performance for 45 students, ages 3-8. Please visit our website at www.cambridgechicago.com

Union Avenue Community Outreach Union Avenue Community Outreach is a community youth outreach agency that seeks to promote and facilitate racial reconciliation and positive youth development through programs for youth from 7th grade to age 21 in Chicago's New City community. Please visit our website at www.unionave.org

Urban Initiatives Urban Initiatives provides year-round soccer programs, nutrition education, and coordination between teachers, parents, and coaches for 120 children, ages 6-12, attending schools in the Bronzeville, Cabrini Green, and Lawndale communities. Please visit our website at www.urbaninitiatives.org

US Empowered Urban Students Empowered Foundation (US Empowered) is an organization dedicated to providing low-income urban high school students with the resources, support, and network necessary to make higher education a reality. US Empowered fulfills this mission by providing comprehensive, program-based Fellowships to groups of students in low-income schools in Chicago and sets itself apart as one of the only college access programs in the country that invests in previously under performing students. US Empowered has two primary goals for our Fellows: college acceptance and college graduation. Since inception, 98% of our Fellows have been admitted into four-year universities, with 79% enrolling in their top-choice school. To learn more, please visit our website at: www.usempowered.org

Young Men's Educational Network The Young Men’s Educational Network provides academic coaching, long-term mentoring, entrepreneurial training, summer camping, and college financial assistance for 100 young men, ages 12-18, in the North Lawndale community. Please visit our website at www.ymenchicago.com

Youth Technology Corps The Youth Technology Corps, Inc. provides 100 youth, grades 9-12, with access to technology resources and skills through school-based programs in Chicago, and seeks to enable youth to provide tech service to low-income communities and experience other cultures. Please visit our website at www.ytcorps.org