The After School programs funded by Episcopal Charities provide at-risk school children with homework assistance and tutoring, as well as a safe space and peers within which to enjoy arts and recreation. These programs offer students the individual learning opportunities that otherwise would not be provided. Priority was given to programs that provide activities in the areas of art, literacy, math, science, and project based learning.

The Youth Opportunity Grants totaling $78,000 for after school include the following programs:

When children study arts and entertainment, critical thinking and self discipline skills are developed and their cognitive development, math and reading abilities, self-esteem, ability to work in teams, and spatial reasoning skills all grow and improve dramatically. Results are seen in increased school attendance and higher testing scores and class performance.

The Youth Opportunity Grants totaling $44,100 for arts & entertainment include the following programs:

At-risk youth often have little, if any, opportunity to learn and develop strategies for non-violent conflict resolution while learning about the consequences of intolerance, prejudice, poverty and war. Episcopal Charities believes that promoting a society that reflects the best of civil and religious values begins by exposing our youth to the needs of others. Through advocacy, organizing, service and partnerships, we pursue social justice one child at a time. Several of these programs serve youth with particular needs, including those who are autistic, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, or are teen parents. Episcopal Charities supports efforts that develop adults whose lives are grounded in respect for one another.

The Youth Opportunity Grants totalling $34,000 for social justice include the following programs:

Episcopal Charities provides summer enrichment programs for children from a combination of middle-income, financially disadvantaged, and homeless children as well as those who are hard to manage in a regular camp setting. Because children from economically challenged families perform poorly in school and may receive little encouragement from their parents to succeed academically, activities such as reading and math programs for children are incorporated in many of the camp programs receiving grant awards. A number of the children in our summer camps also attend after school programs operated by the same parish, providing a continuity of community, learning and social interaction.

The Youth Opportunity Grants totaling $88,900 for summer camps include: