Program areas at Young Women's Christian Association El Paso Del Norte Region
Child care services: through a contract with workforce solutions borderplex the ywca manages child care services by providing financial support to qualifying families who are working and/or pursuing an educational program. An average of 12,272 children are supported daily.
Health and wellness: the ywca promotes and supports healthier lifestyles in the El Paso Del Norte Region by offering a variety of fitness and aquatics programs for all ages in 4 locations throughout the city.
Pre-school early learning academies: the ywca provides high-quality child care services in 7 centers throughout the city of El Paso to 500 children, where the children's cognitive, social-emotional and physical needs are addressed. The ywca centers offer balanced, nutritious, cooked meals and convenient hours for working families. After-school and summer camps: the ywca also offers an after-school program to more than 1,160 children in over 43 schools throughout the county. Children work on their homework, receive tutoring, engage in project based steam (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) activities, literacy development as well as health, wellness and nutritional guidance. They enjoy healthy snacks, games, and arts all while having fun. Outdoor recreational programing is provided and helps to promote lifelong skills for healthy living. The summer camp program is fun and educational. Ywca summer camps aim to prevent the summer slide by providing opportunities for children to have fun, educational and productive summers. Campers participate in a steam project-based curriculum designed to complement what they learned in school and prepare them for the coming year as well as racial justice focused programing designed to teach campers about different ethnicities and races through art, music, food and customs. This programing is designed to create a more engaged global citizen. Throughout our summer camps, students participate in math games, science an engineering projects, playtime, creative project, healthy living related activities and more. Summer camp also provides nutritious, home cooked meals and snacks. Our quality staff are all cpr certified and first aid certified and trained in safety, supervision, decision making and problem- solving. Total summer camp participants is 110.
Economic empowerment
Transitional living center
Other programs