DFSS & CHA Year-Round Programs

REGION: Near West Side

Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago will provide quality after-school programs and services to youth that are high yield and impactful. Programs incorporate our philosophy of five CORE areas of youth development: Character & Leadership, Education & Career, Health & Life Skills, The Arts, and Sports, Fitness & Recreations programs. The over goal of our program is to enable youth to reach their full potential by offering programs that strategically meet the significant and specific needs of our members, while aligning with our three priority outcome areas. Those areas are academic success, healthy lifestyles, and good character and citizenship.

REGION: Douglas

Chicago Youth Centers’ Out of School Time (OST) program inspires children to learn and connect with each other, gain exposure to new experiences, participate in enriching, hand-on activities that foster their creativity and passion, and develop the skills needed to land the jobs of tomorrow.

REGION: Washington Park

CYP begins working with children while they are young and invests deeply in their development through their early adult years. As the child grows, so do the CYP supports and programming opportunities. These programs include all the specialty areas in this funding opportunity.

REGION: Grand Boulevard

Students will train in various categories of visual arts and technology disciplines, build entrepreneurial skills, gain exposure to alternative employment options, and partner with community organizations and other cultural institutions of diverse ethnic backgrounds.

REGION: Riverdale

Youth Guidance will utilize its award under the CHA Youth Enrichment grant to provide its Community and After School Program (CAP) model to students from 2nd to 8th grade who are residents of the Chicago Housing Authority’s Altgeld Gardens location in Riverdale. Services will be provided at either Aldridge Elementary School or Carver Elementary School, which both serve Altgeld Gardens.