Playworks

Playworks provided full-time, onsite coaches and site-coordinators in 381 low-income and urban schools in 15 regions across the country. Playworks provided physical activity opportunities through play before, during, and after school. At each school, Playworks' coaches and site coordinators: (i) create a safe, active, and inclusive environment by coordinating a variety of playground games during recess and lunch; (ii) work with individual classes and with classroom teachers to introduce games and physical activity into the school curriculum; (iii) develop and coordinate after school physical activity programs; (iv) coordinate interscholastic developmental sports leagues such as basketball, volleyball, soccer, and others; (v) implement a youth leadership program at select sites, and (vi) employ play as a tool for generating more community and family involvement. Playworks created a place on the playground for over 135,574 children to be active, feel included, and build valuable social and emotional skills.

Playworks provided group training and technical assistance to schools and organizations that serve youth through the Playworks pro service offering. The program trained adults from nearly 1,097 schools and community-based organizations. To complement the school-based program and further, the organization's mission, Playworks pro provides customized staff trainings to schools, after school programs, summer camps, recreation centers, and various other youth service organizations.