Program areas at Xiente
The early education program provides comprehensive early childhood education programming to infants and toddlers from age four months to five years old. Xiente provides a full immersion dual-language education (spanish and english) that prepares children to excel in elementary school. Xiente operates two centers, the willard school for head start and the children's center, a keystone star 4 naeyc accredited facility that offers early head start, head start, phl pre-k and ccis services.
The intensive prevention services ("ips") program is an after-school initiative funded by the city of philadelphia, department of human services that offers case management, counseling, academic enrichment and extracurricular activities to at risk youth between the ages of 10 and 17. Program components: group counseling, workshops, academic support, art therapy, work readiness training, sports and recreation, field trips, music and art, dance and family counseling.
The Xiente out-of-school time ("ost") program at moffet, hunter and mckinley elementary schools offers both after-school and summer camp programs serving youth from kindergarten through 8th grade. The ost program operates during the school year. The summer program operates weekdays for six weeks during the summer break. Program activities: academic enrichment, arts and crafts, bomba and salsa lessons, gardening, sports and recreation, youth leadership, drama, field trips and nutrition classes.
Housing counseling, real estate development and property management