Youth Programs
185 +
Youth Served Annually
Hours of annual after-school and summer programs
650
70%
After-school students have a 3.0 GPA or higher
High school mentees pursued higher education this year
100%
What We Do
CMAA's Youth Programs offer a variety of academic, social, and educational programs to low-income and minority youth between the ages of 4 and 22 years old. These programs create a fun, safe, open, and healthy environment where youth can thrive and succeed academically, socially, professionally, and personally.
Services
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After School Program
CMAA’s after-school program, Diverse Young Leaders, develops the skills that K-8th grader youth from immigrant families develop the skills they need to succeed in school through homework help and enrichment activities. Each semester, over 80 young people build strong peer connections, relationships with trusted and caring adults, and celebrate and exchange their cultural backgrounds. Through academic studies, cultural dance, and social enrichment games, projects, and activities, Diverse Young Leaders become student leaders and grow as a peer community. The Diverse Young Leaders after-school program runs every week of the school year, Monday through Friday, from 3 to 6 PM.
This program serves youth from the K-8th grade that lives in the city of Chicago.
Youth Summer Camp
During the summer months, CMAA’s after-school Diverse Young Leaders program transitions into a full-day summer camp for students to engage in academic, social, and recreational activities. Students prepare to get ahead of the next school year by building their knowledge in core academic subjects, including science, math, English, and social studies. Field trips, outdoor recreation, art projects, interactive workshops, and life skills classes build strong friendships and promote wellness. Alumni of CMAA’s after-school programs are invited to be camp counselors. As counselors and mentors to younger students, alumni volunteers develop their leadership skills while giving back to the program. The Youth Summer Camp runs from June through August, Monday through Friday, from 10 am to 4 pm. Breakfast and lunch are included.
This program serves youth from the K-7th grade residing in the city of Chicago.
After School Matters - Teen Employment
After School Matters (ASM) is a nonprofit organization that provides teens of Chicago public high schools with opportunities to explore and develop their talents while gaining critical skills for work, college, and beyond. CMAA’s After School Matters program connects teens to paid internships where they implement sports-based programming during the summer and homework help during our after-school program. ASM teens work with CMAA youth to grow their confidence as they navigate new or unfamiliar experiences.
This is a part-time paid internship program for six weeks in the Spring, Summer, and Fall.
Young Women Warriors
Young Women Warriors is a free, year-round mentorship program that connects girls and young women to mentoring professionals who guide them through their middle school, high school, and early college careers. YWW serves girls and young women from ages 12-22 of all races and ethnicities. YWW works to help our young women succeed academically, professionally, and personally. 100% of our mentees have moved on to higher education, going to schools such as Northwestern, UIC, and UIUC. Mentors and mentees meet twice a month, September to July, for skill development workshops and recreational activities. Workshop topics cover higher education, career growth, financial literacy, public speaking, voting, women’s health, self-defense and safety, self-confidence, and more. Past activities have included ice-skating, Six Flags, laser tag, bowling, haunted houses, and archery.
YWW has worked for over 20 years to serve underserved young women and foster strong, long-lasting support networks of mentors and mentees.
Young Men Making Moves
Young Men Making Moves is a free, year-round mentorship program that connects boys and young men of color to older male professionals of color who can guide them through the academic, professional, social and personal changes in their adolescent lives.
As the brother program to YWW, YMMM was founded in 2017, and in its short existence it has grown immensely, both programs now having similar enrollment sizes and program structures. YMMM serves boys and young men from ages 12-22 of all races and ethnicities. Mentors and mentees meet twice a month, September to July, for skill development workshops and recreational activities. Workshop topics can cover higher education, career growth, financial literacy, job searching, self-defense, dating, entrepreneurship, fitness, and many more. Past activities have included ax-throwing, Six Flags, laser tag, bowling, gaming lounge, go-kart racing, going to the movies, among others.
Through workshops, activities, and retreats, YMMM builds stronger communities and lasting networks of mentors and mentees.
Penny Severns Family Literacy Program
CMAA’s Penny Severns Family Literacy Program provides integrated instruction for immigrant and refugee families in order to improve their English language proficiency. Parents receive English language tutoring and support while also participating in workshops on topics such as children’s health and safety. During classes, children receive instruction in subjects such as literacy and arts & crafts. Parents and children learn and bond together by learning how to use library resources, going on field trips, and engaging in other interactive parent-child activities.
Tiger Tutor
Focusing on affordable, individualized, and high-quality instruction, Tiger Tutor is CMAA's test preparation service. Tiger Tutor provides assistance and test preparation for the ACT, SAT, PSAT, CPS high school selective enrollment exam, and middle school subject-based learning. Tiger Tutor helps students achieve their short and long-term academic and collegiate goals.
To learn more about Tiger Tutor, click here .
Youth Programs
What We Do
CMAA's Youth Programs offer a variety of academic, social, and educational programs to low income and minority youth between the ages of 4 and 18 years old. These programs create a fun, safe, open, and healthy environment where youth can thrive and succeed academically, socially, professionally, and personally.
185+
Youth served annually
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1000
Hours of after school and summer programming provided annually
70%
Diverse Young Leaders students have a 3.0 GPA or higher
100%
High school mentees pursued higher education this year
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Our Programs
After School Program
CMAA’s After School Program helps low income, immigrant, and/or minority youth in grades K-8th develop the skills they need to succeed in school through quality homework help and tutoring services. Each semester, over 80 youths receive homework help and tutoring each day with staff and volunteers ready to help. After their studies, youths are provided with additional extracurricular activities to promote creativity and curiosity, and the after-school program provides a safe space for youths to engage in fun and educational recreational activities together. With a diverse population of participants, our youth learn from an early age how to engage with new friends from different backgrounds. The afterschool program runs every week of the school year on Mondays through Fridays from 3 to 6 PM.
This program serves youth from the K-8th grade that lives in the city of Chicago.
For more information, please contact David Baker at 773-784-2900 ext. 124 or email by clicking the button below:
For more information, please contact Sa Tran at 773-784-2900 ext. 123 or email by clicking the button below:
Youth Summer Camp
CMAA’s Youth Summer Camp is an exciting opportunity for youth to both learn and have fun during the summer. The After School Program transitions into this full-day summer camp where students take classes in core subjects such as science, math, English, and social studies to supplement what they have learned in school. During the camp, our youths also enjoy structured recreational activities, life skills, workshops, arts, crafts, and sports. Older youth who have graduated out of the program can also participate by volunteering as camp counselors, where they learn important leadership skills and soft skills. In the past, kids have had fun field trips to museums and other Chicago institutions as well as interactive workshops. The Youth Summer Camp runs from July through August on Mondays through Fridays from 9 am to 4 pm with breakfast and lunch included.
This program serves youth from the K-7th grade that lives in the city of Chicago.
For more information, please contact David Baker at 773-784-2900 ext. 124 or email by clicking the button below:
For more information, please contact Sa Tran at 773-784-2900 ext. 123 or email by clicking the button below:
After School Matters - Teen Employment
After School Matters (ASM) is a nonprofit organization that provides teens of Chicago public high schools with opportunities to explore and develop their talents while gaining critical skills for work, college, and beyond. CMAA’s After School Matters program provides teens with an internship where they implement sports-based programming and help CMAA throw our annual PlayStreets events, which is a block party for the whole community. ASM teens work with local youths at CMAA's summer camp and learn how to implement sports such as soccer, basketball, volleyball, and more. The ASM teens also implement PlayStreets, a program that promotes positive loitering, community engagement, how to foster a welcoming community, and to encourage everyone to stay active and healthy. The teens put PlayStreets into action by creating a street full of fun activities and games for both children and adults and learn to manage the program.
This is a part-time paid internship program for six weeks of the summer.
For more information, please contact David Baker at 773-784-2900 ext. 124 or email by clicking the link below :
Young Women Warriors
Young Women Warriors is a free, year-round mentorship program that connects girls and young women of color to older, female professionals of color who can guide them through their middle school, high school, and early college careers. YWW serves girls and young women from ages 12-22 of all races and ethnicities. YWW works to help our young women succeed academically, professionally, and personally. One hundred percent of our mentees have moved on to higher education, going to schools such as Northwestern, UIC, and UIUC. Mentors and mentees meet twice a month, September to July, for skill development workshops and recreational activities. Workshop topics can cover higher education, career growth, financial literacy, public speaking, voting, female health, self-defense and safety, self-confidence, among so many others. Past activities have included ice-skating, Six Flags, laser tag, bowling, haunted house, archery, among others.
YWW has worked for over 20 years to serve underserved young women of color and to foster a strong, long-lasting support network of mentors and mentees.
For more information, please click the button below :
Interested in becoming a YWW Mentee? Complete this form:
Young Men Making Moves
Young Men Making Moves is a free, year-round mentorship program that connects boys and young men of color to older male professionals of color who can guide them through the academic, professional, social and personal changes in their adolescent lives. As the brother program to YWW, YMMM was founded in 2017, and in its short existence it has grown immensely, both programs now having similar enrollment sizes and program structures. YMMM serves boys and young men from ages 12-22 of all races and ethnicities. Mentors and mentees meet twice a month, September to July, for skill development workshops and recreational activities. Workshop topics can cover higher education, career growth, financial literacy, job searching, self-defense, dating, entrepreneurship, fitness, and many more. Past activities have included ax-throwing, Six Flags, laser tag, bowling, gaming lounge, go-kart racing, going to the movies, among others.
Through workshops, activities, and retreats, a strong community and lasting network of mentors and mentees is created.
For more information, please contact :
Interested in becoming a YMMM Mentee? Complete this form:
Penny Severns Family Literacy Program
CMAA’s Penny Severns Family Literacy Program provides integrated and intensive instruction for immigrant and refugee families in order to improve their reading and writing skills and English language proficiency. Parents receive English as a Second Language (ESL) tutoring and support while also participating in workshops on topics such as children’s health and safety, and children receive instruction in subjects such as literacy and arts & crafts. Parents and children learn and bond together by learning how to use library resources, going on field trips, and other interactive parent-child activities.
Tiger Tutor