Children and Youth Services
Children and Youth Services
Hispanic youth in a big city face challenges every day. From getting to know themselves to dealing with friends, peer pressure, parents and schools, growing up is a critical process for the community's future. To that end, Casa Central has created programs geared towards providing young people support that impacts, education that supplements and for young parents, programs that help them raise the next generation.
- School Age Program
- Youth Opportunities Unlimited
- Adolescent Parenting Program
- Child Development Program
- Home-based Head Start
Real Stories From Real People
Tabitha Stays Strong through Youth Opportunities Unlimited
Tabitha is a recent graduate who is currently attending Dominican University. She had been involved in the Youth Opportunities Unlimited Program for several years when her family's landlord decided to evict them so he could revamp the building. As a result, Tabitha, her three siblings and her mother became homeless.
Read Tabitha's Story
INSPIRING LIFELONG LEARNING AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUTH
Each year at Casa Central, 500 children ages 2-5 prepare for kindergarten at our Head Start programs... 175 school-age children participate in daily after-school activities... and 100 teens sign up in our after-school program, which provides unlimited opportunities for success.
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