Whether it’s robotics club, a sports team, or homework help, all Children’s Aid community schools and centers provide quality activities that help kids reach their full potential.

Youth athletics and sports programs are at the core of our work to support children’s holistic health and well-being. What they learn about teamwork and persistence lasts a lifetime.

Children’s Aid Champions is an organized group of professionals who lend their time, expertise, and passion to our mission: ensuring that every child has the opportunity to learn, grow, and lead.

Children’s Aid provides behavioral health services in school-based and community health centers to help children cope with emotional problems so they can thrive in school and in life.   

There is strength in numbers when it comes to battling for funding and influencing legislation. Collaborating with organizations of similar missions amplifies our collective voice.

The math is simple: College graduates earn much more over their lifetimes. Putting college within reach of young people and empowering them to succeed can and will break the cycle of poverty.

The community school strategy delivers holistic services for children and families, connecting them to resources in their communities and fostering academic success.

The New York City business community has a long history of partnering with Children’s Aid. By supporting New York City’s neighborhoods—where we live, work, and raise our families—we help kids thrive.

When children tap into their innate artistic talents, they create worlds without boundaries and expand the reach of their vast potential.

All young people have limitless potential, no matter what challenges they face. Each Saturday, deaf and hard of hearing youth can enjoy an array of enriching activities that expand their world.

Good dental hygiene is a fundamental piece to a child’s health. Children’s Aid’s dental clinics in school- and community-based health centers offer vital services provided by licensed dentists.

From before they take their first steps until the day they walk into their kindergarten classroom, our littlest ones are ready to be healthy, lifelong learners.

Children’s Aid offers comprehensive, home-based services to keep families together after destabilizing events or ongoing crises, ensuring that children are safe and thriving.
 

Children’s Aid’s foster care program places children with supportive families in their own neighborhoods when their parents cannot offer them the stability, safety, and support they need to thrive.  
 

While young people in foster care face huge challenges, they too aspire to a better future through college and will succeed at that level with the right support and resources.

When families fall into crisis, Children’s Aid is trusted to find kids safe, stable, and loving homes with people who care deeply and who can be an anchor for children in times of uncertainty. 
 

New York State has a parental responsibility to the kids in its child welfare systems, and the alliance works to make sure our leaders are helping these young people realize their full potential.
 

When kids learn to cook early on, they are more likely to develop better eating practices, and health, later in life.

Go!Gardens transforms school environments and community centers into vibrant growing spaces that teach children about agriculture and cultivate their interests in healthy eating.
 

Go!Healthy gets children of all ages excited about eating healthy foods and provides families with the resources to live healthy, active lifestyles. Go!Healthy is the umbrella name for our food and nutrition programs.

When a family’s medical situation becomes especially complex, Children’s Aid will be there every step of the way, ensuring that children can focus on learning and growing.

The evidence is clear: Higher education leads to greater lifetime earnings. A high school equivalency degree can be a crucial step to rising above the barriers of poverty, and to a better life.

Meaningful youth work experiences lead to better career opportunities down the road. Adolescents can find an array of workforce options that connect with their academic and professional aspirations.

By educating city, state, and federal leaders about the struggles our families face — and how Children’s Aid succeeds in helping them — we can influence important decisions and implement generational changes.

Children and youth must be in the classroom to succeed academically. We provide comprehensive medical services in school- and community-based health centers throughout NYC’s under-resourced communities.

A cornerstone of our community outreach is a commitment to provide children and youth with dedicated mentors who are there for them every step of the way.

Many young people face extraordinary obstacles in pursuit of their aspirations. The Next Generation Center is designed to help youth meet those challenges and map out a route to success and stability.

The parent and caregiver engagement program creates a partnership between families and educators to ensure children’s success by better addressing their academic and social-emotional learning. 

Children’s Aid believes parents and caregivers should be the first and primary source of information about sexuality and healthy relationships for their kids.

Children’s Aid offers comprehensive sexuality education that includes information about contraception, as well as helping young people build the tools they need to use pregnancy prevention methods. 

Healthy children and youth are better prepared for academic success. Our school-based centers offer a proactive approach to keeping kids healthy and producing better school attendance.

Children’s Aid provides comprehensive sexuality education and one-on-one counseling services that equip young people with what they need to make safe, healthy decisions throughout their lives.

Our National Center for Community Schools is a technical assistance organization that builds the capacity of schools, school districts, and community partners to organize around student success.

SNAP-Ed provides youth and their families with the knowledge, skills, and resources to make healthy food choices and choose physically active lifestyles within their means.

Children’s Aid leverages our resources and expertise with that of families, educators, business leaders, advocates, and service providers to transform the South Bronx into a college- and career-ready community. 

Children’s Aid provides comprehensive substance abuse prevention services to those aged 11-21 to help them break down the barriers that threaten their achievement.

For nearly 3,000 children and youth, we make sure that every summer is loaded with fun and intellectually engaging activities that keep young minds sharp. Review our 2024 Summer Camp schedule with locations.

When a meaningful job experience is coupled with academic achievement, a young person has a much better chance of finding success and independence in adulthood.

Children’s Aid makes it possible for victims of domestic violence to get financial help for services they need to recover and rebuild strong, healthy families. Cost should not be a barrier to recovery.

We rely on group volunteerism from organizations that feel strongly about the well-being of fellow New Yorkers, and want to help provide children, youth, and families with the tools and support they need to fulfill their promise.

Wagon Road Camp provides a fun, engaging summer day camp for typical children, an overnight respite program for developmentally delayed youth, and adventure team building for school groups. We operate on a beautiful, 53 acre wooded campus in northern Westchester County.

Internships and job opportunities can help young men and women start shaping their futures and careers, and inspire them to achieve in and outside the classroom.