Creating home and school environments for prepared, successful children
We are currently working on the following initiatives and programs.
Your gift toward Community Impact or Education Impact areas supports the following programs. If you would like to find out more about how to give to, or advocate or volunteer for any of the following programs and intiatives, please contact us. Also view our Income Impact Programs and Health Impact Programs.
Kids Hope United
210 National Street, Elgin • (847) 697-7100 • www.kidshopeunited.org
Elgin Daycare Center
Elgin Daycare Center provides high-quality, accessible, and affordable child care for low-income, at-risk infants and toddlers. The program helps children achieve age-appropriate social-emotional, physical, cognitive, and language developmental milestones that will lead to success in kindergarten and beyond.
Boys and Girls Club of Elgin
355 Dundee Ave., Elgin • (847) 608-5017 • www.boysandgirlsclubofelgin.org
Project Learn
The Boys & Girls Club of Elgin is not just a place to hang out. In its three different locations: the Clubhouse; Ellis Middle School; and Larsen Middle School, the Club offers a multitude of different programs for its members. The Project Learn Program offers "high-yield learning activities," which include leisure reading, writing activities, discussions with knowledgeable adults, helping others, homework help and tutoring, and games like spelling bees, trivia games, math bingo, etc. that help to develop young people’s cognitive skills.
Greater Elgin Area YMCA – Taylor Family Branch
50 N. McLean Boulevard, Elgin • (847) 888-7410 • www.elginymca.com
Family Engagement Program
This program, offered at Highland Elementary School, takes a total family engagement approach both in school and out of school setting encouraging parents/guardians to take an active role in their children’s academic success. Parents are provided opportunities to become more informed about the school policies and ways for them to help their children become successful. Evening and weekend events are used to deliver school information, training, workshops and recreational opportunities for the entire family. The program eliminates barriers and provides incentives for parents and families to become involved.
After School Achievement Academy
The After School Achievement Academy is a curriculum based program for children of families at or below the poverty level that coordinates efforts of schools and parents to create specialized progress plans for each child based on their individual need. The program focuses on increasing the children’s academic understanding, improves grades in school, teaches character values and leadership skills, and helps them develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle
YWCA Elgin
220 East Chicago Street, Elgin • (847) 742-7930 • www.ywcaelgin.org
School Age Child Care
The DCFS-licensed after school program serves children ages 5 to 12. The program provides a safe place for children, helping to empower low-income working parents and their families as they transition into the workplace. The program offers: breakfast, lunch and afternoon snacks on no-school days, all-day care on most no-school days, a sliding fee scale based on income and family size, van pick-up at most Elgin schools and homework assistance.
Family Literacy
The Family Literacy program at the YWCA Elgin serves to strengthen the local community by building families that participate in education together. This program offers adult ESL classes, provides preschool to the children while parents receive ESL instruction, and offers parenting classes and parent–child interactive time to the ESL families and their children.
