Organization: CHILDREN'S OUTING ASSOCIATION
Mission: CHILDREN'S OUTING ASSOCIATION/COA YOUTH & FAMILY CENTERS (COA) HELPS MILWAUKEE CHILDREN, TEENS, AND FAMILIES REACH THEIR GREATEST POTENTIAL THROUGH A CONTINUUM OF EDUCATIONAL RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL WORK PROGRAMS OFFERED THROUGH ITS RIVERWEST AND GOLDIN COMMUNITY CENTERS, SEVEN COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS AND AT COA'S RURAL CAMP FACILITY. AS A MULTICULTURAL AGENCY, COA VALUES DIVERSITY AND COOPERATION AND PROMOTES PERSONAL GROWTH AND POSITIVE SOCIAL INTERACTION.
Activities: EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT: COA YOUTH AND FAMILY CENTERS OFFERS NATIONALLY ACCREDITED CHILDCARE PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AGES 6 WEEKS THROUGH 6 YEARS. ALL PROGRAMS ARE MULTICULTURAL AND NONSECTARIAN, AND FEES ARE DETERMINED BASED ON FAMILY INCOME. ALL PROGRAMS PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION, CARE, AND NURTURING, FOCUSING ON A CHILD'S HEALTHY PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS: COA'S COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY INVOLVES A WIDE VARIETY OF SERVICES FOR AREA YOUTH AGES 7 THROUGH 19. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE AFTER-SCHOOL, SUMMER AND WEEKEND PROGRAMMING; SPECIAL GROUPS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN, PRETEENS AND TEENS; ATHLETICS AND FIELD TRIPS; AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDING COMPUTERS, ARTS AND CRAFTS, CREATIVE WRITING, HOMEWORK HELP AND MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES. COA'S GOLDIN SUMMER DAY CAMPS OFFER BOYS AND GIRLS AGE 7 THROUGH 12 SUMMER DAY ACTIVITIES INCLUDING GAMES, SWIMMING, ARTS AND CRAFTS, FIELD TRIPS AND MUCH MORE. PROGRAMS OPERATE AT COA'S RIVERWEST CENTER AND GOLDIN CENTER; AT COA'S COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTERS LOCATED AT OW HOLMES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AUER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LINCOLN CENTER OF THE ARTS, HOPKINS-LLOYD COMMUNITY SCHOOL, DOERFLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND WESTSIDE ACADEMY; AND AT COA'S SAFE PLACES AT KEEFE AVENUE SCHOOL AND DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR SCHOOL.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: COA YOUTH AND FAMILY CENTERS IS A VALUABLE PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE COMMUNITY IT SERVES. THE AGENCY PARTNERS WITH CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN AND THE MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING TO PROVIDE PEDIATRIC AND FAMILY CARE (AT THE COA GOLDIN CENTER), OFFERS ADULT BASIC EDUCATION, AND PROVIDES FACILITY RENTALS OF THE RIVERWEST CENTER AND GOLDIN CENTER GYMNASIUMS AND MEETING ROOMS. THROUGH ITS LONG-TERM LEASE OF KILBOURN PARK AND KADISH PARKS WITH THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE, COA OPERATES KILBOURN AND KADISH PARK AND PROVIDES RECREATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL AND GROUP ACTIVITIES FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES. THROUGH ITS LEASE WITH MILWAUKEE COUNTY, COA PROVIDES RECREATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN MOODY PARK, ADJACENT TO COA'S GOLDIN CENTER.
NTEE category: Youth Development
Secondary category: Recreation & Sports